Ubuntu
file-roller package

Can't open strange name's archives

Bug #81898 reported by Ricardo on 2007-01-27

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	file-roller (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Probably it's a problem of the File Manager because any "ÇÃ" from Windows don't apper correct.

I use Windows XP Professional and Winrar. In my work I compacted some data and send to myself/backuped in gmail. The name of file was "CURSO DE MEMORIZAÇÃO", but where the "ÇÃ" should be, apper some squares with strange caracteres (like if I try to view a document in any language wich I don't have the correct character sprites in firefox).
If I open the archive, select "CURSO DE MEMORIZA??O.DOC" and click to 'Extract Selected Items' (using WinXP don't remenber the correct words) apper an error message saing a file with that name don't exist. Using the "Extract All " extract perfect.
When using the Open Office 2.0 to open the CURSO DE MEMORIZA??O.DOC or clicking in the file in the File Browser Open Office says that archive with that name doesn't exist.
Renaming the CURSO DE MEMORIZA??O.DOC to CURSO DE MEMORIZACAO.DOC all funcionalit perfecty.

Sorry my bad English, but I gonna visit this post everyday if you need any information more or any misunderstud information.

using Ubuntu 6.10 the normal instalation (no server or low specifies or AMD64 version)

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Pascal Potvin (pascal-potvin) wrote on 2007-01-29:

Thanks for your report.

Could you please tell us exactly when the error occurs, when you put the file in the archive w/ winrar? or when you open the .rar file in ubuntu?

Also, could you give the exact steps to reproduce the bug?

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Ricardo (ricardofantin) wrote on 2007-01-30:

Compressed file with strange name to causa an error Edit (440.3 KiB, application/zip)

The error when I open the file in OpenOffice is : "/home/ricardo/Desktop/Curso de Memoriza%87%C6o.doc does not exist."

The bug was while i try to extract "selected files" from the archive.

Now I can extract the file with that option, the Ubuntu is like Windows, some times it work, other not, I can't change my window resolution now, I change the option but it doesn't change.

Download the attachment and try to extract Curso de Memorização.doc to Desktop and click to execute.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2007-02-01:

Thank you for your bug. The encoding of your file is not correct. Extracting on feisty works fine, then you can rename it to give it a correctly encoded filename. Marking the bug rejected, the problem comes from the filename not from the application