Re: language differences between linux and windows

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Author: Joshua Zeidner
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: language differences between linux and windows
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?
>
>
>
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