Re: [Bug-tar] mac os x or general charset problem patch

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Heiko Voigt <address@hidden> wrote:

> i had problems with extracting archives on mac os x which were packed
> with a different charset on a linux box. These errors resulted in
> errors like this:
> 
> tar: home/sigrid/Office51/database/Adre\337buch.url: Cannot open: (null)

It seems to be an operating system issue, rather than tar's one. I think
setting right locale will allow you to use national characters in file
names.
 
Regards,
Sergey