Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 09:32:20 +0200 From: Frank Bonnet <f.bonnet@esiee.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Filename containing French characters ? Message-ID: <4DDB5F04.7030202@esiee.fr> In-Reply-To: <4DDB37BE.7080301@esiee.fr> References: <990E8670-2137-4F80-8D9D-BCEB05C6ECAA@esiee.fr> <BANLkTikEMQBm0743qaRsw-d%2B0RtWFxwEjw@mail.gmail.com> <4DDB37BE.7080301@esiee.fr>
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OK now the filenames are well displayed in the console \BUT ... It still does not work with apache ( 404 file not found ! ) here is the log of apache when trying to access a filename that contains those bloody characters 82.238.8.126 - - [24/May/2011:06:56:01 +0200] "GET=20 /cv/ESIEE_MANAGEMENT/Systeme_information/11_EM2_SI_JUIN_CV_AMICHIA_Anthon= y%20Aim%C3%A9e%20Marthe%20Moteh.docx=20 HTTP/1.1" 404 1337 The problem comes from the %C3%A9e character ( e eacute ) apache is unable to open that filename On 05/24/2011 06:44 AM, Frank Bonnet wrote: > Thanks that is working :-) > > Now I have to test the application ( apache based application ) > to see if it is able to open the file. > > I'll tell in few hours when arrived to my office > > > Le 23/05/2011 17:50, Modulok a =E9crit : >> Short answer, use a glob pattern. Assume I have a file named '=E0=20 >> fichier.txt': >> >> ls -l >> -rw-r--r-- 1 Modulok Modulok 12 May 23 09:01 ?? fichier.t= xt >> >> mv ?\ fichier.txt aFile.txt >> >> Long answer, for those who want to follow along and fix their=20 >> terminal to >> display UTF-8, keep reading... >> >> Step 1: Make a funky file to play along with this min-tutorial: >> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> >> Create a text file with an editor that supports non-ASCII characters. = I >> created a file named 'filename' which containing this (no newline!): >> >> =E0 fichier.txt >> >> Step 2: Create the actual file with content >> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> >> I used echo and cat like so in the tcsh shell: >> >> echo "hello world"> "`cat filename`" >> >> >> Step 3: Show the file in ls >> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D >> >> As you can see below, the first character of the filename is=20 >> displayed as two >> question marks. This is the terminal's way of showing filenames that=20 >> it cannot >> display correctly. There are two question marks, because this is a=20 >> two-byte >> character. This does *not* mean the filename starts with a literal=20 >> question >> mark: >> >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 Modulok Modulok 12 May 23 09:01 ?? fichier.t= xt >> >> Step 4: (optional) Fix the terminal >> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> >> At this point, let's just fix the terminal so that UTF-8 characters ar= e >> displayed correctly. We want to see the French accented '=E0', and not= =20 >> a bunch of >> question marks. To do this, you edit '/etc/login.conf' as root. Add=20 >> two lines >> at the bottom of the 'default' section. My default section now looks=20 >> like this: >> >> >> default:\ >> :passwd_format=3Dmd5:\ >> :copyright=3D/etc/COPYRIGHT:\ >> >> ...and so on... >> >> :charset=3Den_US.UTF-8:\ >> :lang=3Den_US.UTF-8: >> >> If you're a French operation yours should probably look like this=20 >> instead: >> >> default:\ >> :passwd_format=3Dmd5:\ >> :copyright=3D/etc/COPYRIGHT:\ >> >> ...and so on... >> >> :charset=3Dfr_FR.UTF-8:\ >> :lang=3Dfr_FR.UTF-8: >> >> I'm not certain on these for all countries, but the above examples=20 >> work. We >> then need to rebuild the actual login database. Execute the following=20 >> command >> as root: >> >> cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf >> >> This generates /etc/login.conf.db from /etc/login.conf. Now log out=20 >> and then >> back in! >> >> >> Step 5: Back to the funky file >> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> >> You should now see the actual accent characters correctly in the=20 >> terminal. >> (Assuming your terminal supports this): >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 Modulok Modulok 12 May 23 09:01 =E0 fichier.= txt >> >> In some ternimals, we cannot type these characters. So you can access=20 >> the >> filename through a shell glob pattern. In most shells, the glob=20 >> pattern '?' >> matches any single character. The forward slash escapes the space in t= he >> filename. >> >> mv ?\ fichier.txt aFile.txt >> >> >> Hope this helps (and doesn't get too mangled.) >> -Modulok- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to=20 > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=20 Frank BONNET 01.45.92.66.17 Service des Moyens Informatiques Generaux ESIEE PARIS Cit=E9 Descartes / BP 99 93162 NOISY-LE-GRAND Cedex http://www.esiee.fr <http://www.esiee.fr/>;
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