On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 11:03:55 -0700 Dazed_75 wrote: > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Jerry Davis wrote: > > > I generated a file on our RH 4 linux box using a perl program I wrote from > > an > > oracle database that is set to utf8. > > > > I run that very same perl program on my windows box [ using cygwin ] > > (internally > > set to WINDOWS-1252). This way, I have a benchmark file to look at. This > > file is > > what it is supposed to look like. The spanish characters and other > > characters > > come out just fine when typed out at the terminal. > > > > I tried, on RH4, setting my LANG to en_US.utf8 and generating it, and > > copied it > > over to windows via sftp (which always copies over in binary mode, I found > > out), and it does not compare. > > > > I tried, on RH4, setting my LANG to en_US.CP1252 and regenerated it, copied > > it > > over to windows using sftp, and compared -- no soap. > > > Jerry, it would probably be useful to your helpers if you gave some > indocation of in what way it does not compare. Though I do not suggest this > is your answer, an example might be that the version from linux had line > feeds while the version from cygwin on Windoze had both carriage returns and > line feeds. So do a diff and capture the output in some form we can see. > > > > > > > so ... does anyone have any ideas that might work? it rankles me that I > > have to > > run the program on windows to make it do the right thing. > > > > > > -- > > Happy Trails! > > Jerry (K7AZJ) > > Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown > > Registered Linux User: 275424 > > This email's random fortune: > > You will inherit millions of dollars. > > --------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > I'm off today, but my perl program creates a file with \r\n as the line endings. When I say they don't compare, I am not talking about line endings. I am fully aware of those. I am talking about the actual spanish characters. I will send the fragments when I get back to the office -- Happy Trails! Jerry (K7AZJ) Hobbit Name: Pimpernel Loamsdown Registered Linux User: 275424 This email's random fortune: What I tell you three times is true. -- Lewis Carroll --------------------------------------------------- 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