character encoding: Windows XP vs Linux

[Jean Morissette]

Your tip work well.  Thank for your help!

Carlo Orecchia wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Jean Morissette wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> When I transfert files from my girlfriend Windows XP computer to my 
>> Linux FC2 computer, I cannot read the files names properly from my 
>> Linux.  Specials chacarters like é à è are remplaced with a white 
>> space.  Can you help me or do I have to change my girlfriend? ;-)
>> Thank
>> Jean
>> PS: My variable $LANG is equal to fr_CA.UTF-8.
>>
>>
> 
> edit /etc/sysconfig/i18n
> 
> and try using fr_CA only without UTF-8:
> check if under SUPPORTED="en_US.UTF-8:en_US:en ...etc " you have also 
> the fr_CA without .UTF-8
> 
> then change LANG to
> 
> LANG="fr_CA"
> 
> leave all the rest unchanged and then reboot
> 
> this is my file so you can understand better what i mean
> 
> LANG="en_US"
> SUPPORTED="en_US.UTF-8:en_US:en"
> SYSFONT="latarcyrheb-sun16"
> 
>