Sylvie Perrin wrote:
André,
Thank you for your help but I can't follow your main recommendation, ie.
avoid using non US-ASCII names.
Actually, file names are part of information my servlet have to process
and they cannot be changed.
I am not the "owner" of these names and I must deal with them.
Ok, then : who is creating those files inside the Windows directory, and
how do they create them ? (using which tool ?).
This is important, to figure out if the process(es) creating these files
are consistent, and if you can always expect a specific character
encoding scheme for those file names.
Let me give you an example, as a tutorial :
- with Windows Explorer :
- inside your shared directory, create a test sub-directory
- in this directory, use the right mouse click to create a new text
document. Name it, for example, "fichié.txt". Notice that you did this,
from your workstation, using your keyboard, and under Windows Explorer.
The file in the directory looks like it has the name "fichié.txt", right ?
- now on that same server, you will need a console window, to open a
Windows Command Window (the black "DOS window"). In that command
window, use "cd" to navigate to your test directory. When you are there,
enter "dir" and look at the file list. How does your file name look like ?
- in the same command window, create a new file by using this command :
echo "Hello André" > fichié-deux.txt
- do a dir. How does that one look like ?
- then go back to Explorer and compare the two filenames. Do they look
the same ? (as far as the "é" s are concerned)
- now go back to your Tomcat host, and using "cd", navigate to your
Windows test directory (should be /mnt/....).
- use the same command
echo "Hello André" > fichié-trois.txt
to create a file (from linux) on the Windows server. Do an "ls -l" to
see what it looks like from Linux.
Then again, compare the names in (1) the Windows Explorer, (2) the DOS
command window and (3) your Linux window. Is everything still consistent ?
If not (you see different names depending on the interface), make a
table showing what the filenames look like in the 3 cases.
Also, under Linux, enter the command "locale" and note the result.
The above is the first step, and concerns only the filenames. Next, you
should have a look at file contents, and check if accented text words in
the contents also look consistent or not.
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