Linux option "-o iocharset=utf8" also available in HP UX for mount?

[Mat_Name]

Hi there,

we're using HP UX 11.31. On nsf share we've got couple of files included special character in filename but these special character are shown as hieroglyphics if we mount share to unix and linux.

Linux we could use "-o iocharset=utf8" in fstab / mount. Then we see special character. Everything is ok ;-)

HP UX doesn't provide "-o iocharset=utf8" and we can't see special character. Thats not good ;-(

Is there one similar option like "-o iocharset=utf8" for HP Unix (mount & fstab) available?

Setting LANG variables was not helpful.

Best wishes

[Dennis Handly]

>Setting LANG variables was not helpful.

What did you set it to?  What locale are these filenames?

What does "ll -b" show for these files?

[Bill Hassell]

Directories and files should have only the standard ASCII displayable characters. while random characters can be used for these names, the issue is with the displaying of the string, not the filename itself. Your terminal emulator will interpret these codes but trying to translate these into something that matches various terminal screens is a nightmare. And some of the characters may be interpreted by the shell (ie, ; \ { } [ ], etc). As Dennis states, use the ll command with -b to show non-standard characters and then rename the file or directory.

NFS means you are connecting to a another system (perhaps Windows) which has different rules about filenames. The best rule to follow is to keep special characters out of file and directory names.

[Dennis Handly]

>The best rule to follow is to keep special characters out of file and directory names.

Especially evil spaces.  :-)

[Bill Hassell]

>> Especially evil spaces.  :-)

And even more evil: backspace characters.   :-(