Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Charset problem windows->linux backup

[Andrew Ferguson]

On Jan 7, 2009, at 5:25 PM, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Gregy wrote:
> > Hello, I have a little problem here. I am using rdiff-backup for
> > linux-linux backups without issue but I have a problem with windows
> > version. When I backup special characters are not reencoded or
> > reencoded badly so it appears like '?' on my utf8 linux system. On
> > windows I am using cp1250 and national characters like  
> > "ěščřžýá". So
> > on windows the name of a directory or file is "nějaká složka" and  
> > on
> > linux after backup "n?jak? slo?ka". If I restore the backup using
> > rdiff-backup it looks fine as long as it is on windows.
>
> Given that it restores back to Windows correctly, that doesn't sound
> like a bug to me.  rdiff-backup is not meant to do any character  
> reencoding.


Indeed, I am inclined to agree. The fact that rdiff-backup doesn't  
produce any tracebacks, and can restore the file correctly, suggests  
that it is keeping track of the national characters correctly, and is  
able to access the files as such on the ext3 partition. rdiff-backup  
certainly isn't re-naming the files for compatibility during the  
transfer from NTFS to ext3.

Gregy, you probably have a display issue in your xterm or whatever you  
are using to view the filenames on Linux. I know this is the case on  
my Macs: if I backup a Unicode file on them, but then look in the Mac  
Terminal, I see ?'s, but if I look at the files through the Mac GUI, I  
see the Unicode characters.


Andrew