[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #64820] [MXE Octave] copyfile doesn't work with Umlauts in path on Windows

[Markus Mützel]

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #64820 (project octave):

I started Octave for Windows (version 8.4.0 as distributed by Octave). A
copyfile command containing non-ASCII characters failed.

I then replaced the /usr/bin folder from Octave for Windows in the PATH
variable with /usr/bin from MSYS2. Now, copyfile successfully copied files
containing non-ASCII characters.

So, it's likely none of the "native Windows" parts that differ. But something
of the "Cygwin" parts...

The shell is a different version:
With /usr/bin from MSYS2:

>> system('sh --version')
GNU bash, version 5.2.15(2)-release (x86_64-pc-msys)
Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
ans = 0


With /usr/bin from Octave for Windows 8.4.0:

>> system('sh --version')
GNU bash, version 5.2.9(1)-release (x86_64-pc-msys)
Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
ans = 0


`cp` itself is the same in both:

>> system('cp --version')
cp (GNU coreutils) 8.32
Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Torbjorn Granlund, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
ans = 0


I don't know what actually matters for this though...



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