On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Roberto Ragusa <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Thanks, Roberto. I get everything correct, likewise what you get. The >>> problem occurs with directories that I brought in from previous Fedora >>> installations. For example, I get the following in Thunar: >>> >>> Estat�stica (invalid encoding) >>> >> >> yum info convmv fuse-convmvfs >> yum install convmv fuse-convmvfs >> man convmv >> less /usr/share/doc/fuse-convmvfs-0.2.6/README > > This is the right suggestion. > > Try this: > > ls -l /yourdir |iconv -f iso88591 -t utf8 > > and check if your filenames show up ok. If not, try with cp1252 instead of iso88591. > > After you have discovered your previous encoding, use the convmv command > to rename the files. > > Do not run convmv if you are not sure the source encoding (-f) is right, you > can make things more messy than they are. > Use the iconv trick to verify before running convmv. > > (Let me guess, your files have been moved through a FAT filesystem, e.g. usb key?) Thanks for all replies. Indeed, the mentioned directory was created originally on a MS Windows machine and copied afterwards to a Linux system. I hope to be able to convert the original filename encoding to a more Linux friendly one with convmv. Paul -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
