A thought might be to kit upload to google docs then fl if it comes up again On 2/27/09, Jerry Davis wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:07:05 -0700 > 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? >> >> >> > > ok. I tried a lot of stuff. but the one thing that actually worked, was to > run > the cqperl script on the windows box itself. > > it was utf8 on the linux box, I could see the text. > when i copied the file, via a samba share, or scp in cygwin, the characters > actually changed. > > we don't use ftp on our servers at all, because of security reasons, so I > tried > sftp. know what, I couldn't find a mode switch on sftp (binary or ascii), so > I > couldn't get sftp to deal with it correctly. > > so I copied over my cqperl script to windows, and it worked there. The > characters came out right. > > god, I really hate to have to deal with windows in any way at all. > > oh btw, if I tried to convert the file on cygwin using iconv. But by the > time I > got the file over to windows the damage was already done. > > > -- > Happy Trails! > Jerry (K7AZJ) > Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown > Registered Linux User: 275424 > This email's random fortune: > Q: What's hard going in and soft and sticky coming out? > A: Chewing gum. > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Sent from my mobile device A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- 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