FTP file upload with non-ascii characters in filename

[J. Landman Gay]

Maybe textDecode(filename) would work.

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On February 28, 2017 10:01:47 AM Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

>
>> Am 28.02.2017 um 16:36 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode 
>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>>:
>>
>> Is the need because the files already exist, or is it because you cannot 
>> control the source of the files? If possible, the files should probably be 
>> renamed on the other end to make them "compatible" with all file systems. 
>> If not, then maybe urlEncode/urlDecode or the ISO functions may work for you.
>>
>
> Thanks Bob. That´s what i am doing right now.
>
> As i cannot guarantee that my customer won´t use such filenames, i will 
> implement a function that removes and replaces all characters that are 
> non-ascii.
>
> Although, i am wondering how ftp clients like transmit are able to handle 
> such non-ascii characters. Anyway.
>
> Regards,
>
> Matthias
>
>> Bob S
>>
>>
>>> On Feb 28, 2017, at 24:23 , Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode 
>>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> i need to upload files with non-ascii characters in the filename and this 
>>> has to work on Win and Mac OS X.
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Matthias
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