Hi, I'd like to know how file transfer works, for filenames encoded in UTF8, using FTP, Netware and SMB protocol. From what I know Win NT/2000 encode filenames in UTF16 LE, right? So what happens when Windows receive the UTF8 filenames via file transfer from a Linux/Unix machine?
1. Using FTP, when I transfer déçu (UTF8 bytes: 64 C3 A9 C3 A7 75)and kスk (UTF8 bytes: 6B E3 82 B9 6B) from a Linux to Win NT machine, I see déçu and kスk respectively in Explorer. It seems that Windows is interpreting each byte as a character (using CP1252 on an English machine?). Question is does any of the above protocols support character encoding so that Windows may implicitly convert the UTF8 bytes to UTF16? If not what is the recommended way to achieve such interoperability? 2. I mounted a Linux directory, that contains the two files above, on Win NT and see that they are displayed as d├¬├ºu and kπé¦k in Explorer. Any explanation why they appear differently from what's above? Thanks. Will
