Compress utility in ubuntu can't handel hebrew filenames compressed under windows

[Dan]

- I just wanted to unzip / unrar a compressed file under windows with Hebrew file names.

- Archive Manager can't continue the decompression because it can't figure out the hebrew filenames.

- error recevied is for example: Cannot create /home/dan/Dropbox/work/š‹
š  NQC.doc
Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character

- Hebrew file names are shown instead at squares with hexadecimal.

- installed : sudo apt-get install culmus xfonts-efont-unicode xfonts-efont-unicode-ib xfonts-intl-european msttcorefonts

- Hebrew file names in nautilus - no problem at all.

- if I compress / decompress Hebrew in ubuntu , no problem.

- issue only when archive files comes from windows,

- I have ubuntu 10.10. this problem have been around for a long time at least since I know (ubuntu 8. somthing).

- maybe this has to do with it too... : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/10979

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: nautilus 1:2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Nov 13 20:19:28 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus

[Dan (dan-yerushalmi)]

Hebrew files that came from windows - a print screen.

[Dan (dan-yerushalmi)]

on the other hand - Hebrew file name compress under ubuntu

a print screen no problems.

[Dan (dan-yerushalmi)]

by the way this is not only zip, but rar files too.

[Dan (dan-yerushalmi)]

foreign countries depend on this :-)

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/460492

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/580961

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version. Thanks in advance and sorry for the late response.

[Dan (dan-yerushalmi)]

On Natty Narwhal issue has changed:

In the past on 10.10 files would not even decompress when encountering these squares with hexadecimal.

now compressed files decompress okay, and open fine.

The Hebrew file names that are compressed from windows still show up as squares with hexadecimal in Ubuntu.

Hebrew file names that are not compressed show up fine.

thank you for you interest in this bug.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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