I am using Rational ClearQuest, and am using the CQ Import process to import from a csv file which I produced on a linux box. The linux backend database is Oracle, and is a utf8 database. The windows box I am using to do the import (there is no import binary on linux), thinks it is WINDOWS-1252 My csv file has some spanish characters. I can see them in the csv file i produce. However, when I copy from linux (any means like scp, or a samba mount point), the file characters actually change. I have tried installing iconv (using cygwin), and tried: $ iconv -s -c -f UTF-8 -t WINDOWS-1252 file > newfile It does not look the same as when it was on linux. Does anyone know what else I could do, to copy a utf8 file to a windows-1252 file? -- Happy Trails! Jerry (K7AZJ) Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown Registered Linux User: 275424 This email's random fortune: Small things make base men proud. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI" --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss