Wondering whether anyone has come across any modules or binary tools for handling the non-ASCII characters allowed in Mac file/path names such as the trademark and registered symbols. I'm moving some MacPerl scripts to native Perl in OS X and they need to find, copy, and unpack various files in an automated build process. Unfortunately, I cannot eliminate traditional Mac naming conventions in all cases, especially for backward compatibility. Perl finds and system calls to copy and unpack files choke on non-ASCII characters in path names. Nonetheless, I prefer to use 'native' Perl in OS X rather than MacPerl in Classic because MacPerl doesn't operate as consistently or efficiently in Classic as OS 9 proper. Any ideas? Thanks, Aaron London Release Engineering Avid Technology, Inc.
