Hi, There is a UTF-8 patched cygwin available from http://www.okisoft.co.jp/esc/utf8-cygwin/download.html
I haven't used it. Maybe it is worth to try :-) Rgrds Tev Background info: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&u=http://www.okisoft.co.jp/esc/c ygwin-20.html http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2006-05/msg00068.html http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-patches/2002-q3/msg00037.html http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?module=phpwsbb&PHPWSBB_MAN_OP=view&PHPW S_MAN_ITEMS[]=396 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Peter > Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 5:08 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wayne Davison > Cc: rsync@lists.samba.org > Subject: RE: "file has vanished" Chinese characters... > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > This is entirely guesswork, but maybe, just maybe .... > > >From something unixy, do an smb mount of the Windows share > > (Cygwin does the incredible, but it's still not unix) There is > > probably some kind of option so that you see the filenames > and do the > > rsync from the unixy side. > > I think I ran into it doing something with Knoppix and mounting an > > NTFS partition with chinese characters in it. > > I'm guessing that there is a similar option somewhere on the Samba > > side. > > something like -o unicode for smbmount might help. > > Looks like there's iocharset= and codepage= > > > > Good Luck. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > > Of > > > Peter > > > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 9:18 PM > > > To: Wayne Davison > > > Cc: rsync@lists.samba.org > > > Subject: Re: "file has vanished" Chinese characters... > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Wayne Davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 11:27:50AM -0400, Peter wrote: > > > > > During a synchronization I get many "file has vanished" > > > > > messages; the filename contains question marks. > > > > > > > > This cygwin/Windows induced bug has come up before. One > > potentially > > > > useful older message: > > > > > > > > http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2005-May/012638.html > > > > > > > > The root of the problem is that Windows is lying to rsync about > > what > > > > the > > > > filenames are, and no one has offered some advice on how to make > > the > > > > lying stop (universally). > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Looks like I'm at the end of the road on this one. You > would think > > > that we could figure out a workaround. > > Well I'm using neither Samba nor Cygwin but cwRsync. The > WinXP users are initiating backups/synchronizations to a > server at their discretion via a simple Windows batch > file/script. Although I am using Samba as a basic fileserver. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around http://mail.yahoo.com > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
