System.IO and System.Directory functions not Unicode-aware under Windows
Under Windows, System.Directory.getDirectoryContents seems to apply encoding conversions on filenames at the syscall level.
I have several files with Japanese names, but my default program locale is English. Unicode-aware applications (that is, most modern Windows programs) have no problems with this. Calling getDirectoryContents on a folder with Japanese names, however, returns strings consisted of question marks "???".
If I switch the default program locale to, say, Japanese, then the files are returned in ShiftJIS, but I lose information such as accented Latin characters.
Trac metadata
| Trac field | Value |
|---|---|
| Version | 6.10.3 |
| Type | Bug |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | libraries/directory |
| Test case | |
| Differential revisions | |
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| Related | |
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| CC | |
| Operating system | Unknown/Multiple |
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Edited by YitzGale