Opened 14 years ago
Closed 14 years ago
#5429 closed Bug report (worksforme)
Foreign Characters Getting Stripped from filenames
| Reported by: | John McNally | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | high | Component: | FileZilla Server |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Component version: | Operating system type: | Windows | |
| Operating system version: | Windows XP/Server 2003 |
Description
Hello, I have a client using FileZilla server 0.9.34 (I have the same and can recreate this). The files are coming from Germany with these names (Gehäusedeckel_D17.ipt, Gehäuse_D17.ipt, Gehäuse_D17 HS.ipt)
When we/he enters the files into our system through FileZilla server, the special characters are being stripped out
(Gehuse_D17 HS.ipt, Gehuse_D17.ipt, Gehusedeckel_D17.ipt ) from the filenames on the server.
This is causing HUGE problems with legacy files that still have the special characters in the filenames. Filezilla does not recognize these older files - at all.
(000018) 6/30/2010 16:30:32 PM - ftpuser2 (172.16.11.41)> 550 File not found
(000018) 6/30/2010 16:30:32 PM - ftpuser2 (172.16.11.41)> RETR \Zilla1\Gehuse_D17.ipt
(000018) 6/30/2010 16:30:32 PM - ftpuser2 (172.16.11.41)> 550 File not found
Is there a setting we can pick to stop Filezilla from stripping out these characters?
Which FTP client software are you using?
It appears that your client is not UTF-8 capable. If that is the case, you have two options: Either refrain from using non-ASCII characters or upgrade to an UTF-8 capable client. Everything else is in violation to the FTP specifications.
Read http://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Data_Type for details.