Re: error with long file names and spanish characters

[Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>]

On 05/26/11 05:31, Mads Sülau Jørgensen wrote:
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:58 PM,  <contenidos2000-tarsnap@yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
>> I have these errors when I backup an openvz container with long file names and spanish characters.
>> It's a real issue or only warnings ?
> 
> I once had the same problem, and mailed Colin about it. He then wrote,
> that it was just a warning,

Yes.

> and that the data would be backed up,

Yes.

> however, it won't be restored with the correct filename.

Half right.  If you extract the archive with the same locale settings, you
should get the correct filename back.  If you extract the archive with
different locale settings, the name might not be converted between the two
locales.

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Colin Percival
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