also, if you're using FTP the ascii/binary setting may make a difference, so I would try that route if all else fails. -jmz On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Jerry Davis wrote: > 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 > --------------------------------------------------- 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