On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 02:55:06PM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote: > Personally I'm not quite sure if I want a tar tool to convert between > encodings. Is the base encoding included in the tar file?
Officially (AFAICT) ustar format only supports ASCII, everything else is a grey area. Best option is to use pax format, where the filename is guaranteed to be UTF8 encoded. Martin
