Bug 234438 - File names with accents ("Umlaute") are not accepted
Summary: File names with accents ("Umlaute") are not accepted
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: pdftk
Version: 6
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Jochen Schmitt
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-03-29 08:57 UTC by Richard Körber
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-06-21 20:11:17 UTC
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Description Richard Körber 2007-03-29 08:57:48 UTC 
Description of problem:
When trying to use pdftk with pdf files having accented file names, pdftk is
unable to open those files.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pdftk-1.41-3.fc6

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. pdftk frühling.pdf sommer.pdf herbst.pdf winter.pdf cat output jahr.pdf
--> Error: Failed to open PDF file: 
   frühling.pdf
Errors encountered.  No output created.
Done.  Input errors, so no output created.
2. mv frühling.pdf fruehling.pdf
3. pdftk fruehling.pdf sommer.pdf herbst.pdf winter.pdf cat output jahr.pdf
--> Working now!
  
Actual results:
Error: Failed to open PDF file: 
   frühling.pdf

Expected results:
pdftk is able to open those files.

Additional info:
This is a standard FC6 installation. $LANG is "de_DE.UTF-8".
Comment 1 Jochen Schmitt 2007-06-21 20:11:17 UTC 
Hello,

I have send you issue as an bugreport to the upstream author.

Best Regards:

Jochen Schmitt
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