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Set filename character encoding in Putty's PSFTP

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Mar 15, 20262075 views
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Problem

I am using PuTTY's command line utility psftp.exe to transfer files between a UTF8-configured linux server and a MS Windows PC. File names containing non ASCII characters (e.g., Japanese kana) are corrupted when using the 'ls' or 'get' commands of the psftp utility. I tried to create a saved sessio…

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Fix for: Set filename character encoding in Putty's PSFTP

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You could try using tar(1) to make an archive of the files before you send them. Most (Windows) programs that support GNU Tarballs support converting the filenames to the Windows character set.

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