I have digged a bit deeper. The problem is that ftp files get's written in the wrong charset even if you specify the charset to use on the ftp endpoint like to("ftp://test:test@127.0.0.1:10017/?charset=iso-8859-1 or do a convertBodyTo(String.class, "iso-8859-1") before sending to the ftp endpoint.
The root probmel lies in FtpOperation.doStoreFile where the call to if (is == null) { is = exchange.getIn().getMandatoryBody(InputStream.class); } using DefaultTypeConverter.mandatoryConvertTo ends up calling IOConverter.toInputStream which converts the body to the desired charset, BUT relies on the charset from the Echange.properties as a CamelCharsetName property. The doStoreFile operation doesn't thake the charset endpoint property into account when constructing the inputstream. Up until camel 2.9.2 this worked because calling convertBodyTo(String, "iso-8859-1") before sending to the ftp endpoint used ConvertBodyProcessor that set the Exchange.CHARSET_NAME snip -- public void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception { .... if (charset != null) { exchange.setProperty(Exchange.CHARSET_NAME, IOHelper.normalizeCharset(charset)); } .... But from 2.9.3 there has been a change in the process method to ... // remove charset when we are done as we should not propagate that, // as that can lead to double converting later on if (charset != null) { exchange.removeProperty(Exchange.CHARSET_NAME); } .... I think the FtpOperation.doStoreFile is missing the handeling of the charset property like that implemented in the file component FileOperation.storeFile A way to fix it is to change the doStoreFile -> .... if (is == null) { String charset = endpoint.getCharset(); if (charset != null) { is = new ByteArrayInputStream(exchange.getIn().getBody(String.class).getBytes(charset)); log.trace("Using InputStream {} with charset {}.", is, charset); } else { is = exchange.getIn().getMandatoryBody(InputStream.class); } } .... But I guess that there is a more Camel way of converting the body to with account to charset and content. Best Preben -- View this message in context: http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/Problem-w-FTP-producer-and-charset-tp5723604p5723793.html Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.