Bug 74852

Summary:	It's very hard to access existing files/directories with ISO-8859-1 characters in the name
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <jpo234>
Component:	basesystem	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Mike McLean <mikem>
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Version:	8.0	CC:	rvokal
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Description Need Real Name 2002-10-02 08:32:36 UTC

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Description of problem:
Due to the switch to the UTF-8 locales existing files/directories with names
that contain UTF-8 characters are almost impossible to access.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have to directories named M|lleimer (trashbin), one with the "|" in UTF-8 and
one with the "|" in ISO-8859-1
2. Try to manipulate the directories (rm, mv, cd)
3. Have fun
	

Actual Results:  It's next to impossible to access the old file/directory.

Expected Results:  It should be possible to access old directories even under
the new Locale.

Additional info:

This bug might prevent people from being able to access their data.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2005-01-21 22:56:08 UTC

UTF-8 is not something that's going to be disabled. Sorry about this
report getting lost in the shuffle.

If it's a msdos/vfat/iso9660 filesystem, you probably want to check
the codepage it's mounted with. If it's ext2/ext3, file a bug with
coreutils if the normal tools don't work.