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Tool for changing the code page of a file/directory name stored on Linux

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Author: Marc Lehmberg

Goal: To correct UTF-8 filenames on NSS filesystems which have been corrupted due to a mismatch in 8-bit codepage settings on server
("cpwrong")and client ("cpright"). ( Can also be used on other Linux Filesystems)

Based on convmv 1.10 - converts filenames from one encoding to another
Copyright- 2003-2006 Bjoern JACKE

This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; it may be copied or
modified under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
published by the Free Software Foundation.

USAGE: convmv [options] FILE(S)
options include:

 --fromcp   source code page
 --tocp     destination code page
 --notest   actually do rename the files
BilagaStorlek
novell-cpswitch-convmv.zip9.2 kB

Disclaimer: As with everything else at Cool Solutions, this content is definitely not supported by Novell (so don't even think of calling Support if you try something and it blows up).

It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.




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