Copying files with special characters

[Andreas Höschler]

Dear all,

I would like to programmatically copy files with

   system([[NSString stringWithFormat:@"cp -r %@ %@", sourcePath, 
destPath] cString]);

or alternatively using NSFileManager. This works as long as sourcePath 
does not contain special characters like ä,ö,ü,...

In a terminal shell I can successfully copy such a file by typing

        cp "Germ

and then using TAB to automatically complete the path to

        cp "German Fa\314\210hrhaus.jpeg" /home/ahoesch/A00

The question for me now is where this magic \314\210 stuff comes from 
and how I can do the conversion in my GNUstep app programmatically 
before building the copy command.

   system([[NSString stringWithFormat:@"cp -r %@ %@", [sourcePath 
magicMethod], destPath] cString]);

Hints are greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

  Andreas