Something my script is doing has caused File::Find to return UTF-8 instead of ANSI strings. At least I think it's UTF-8.

The ANSI filename is:
çá¬áº ¡á ¬á¡µ. G«óáad.doc

File::Find::name returns:
çá¬áº ¡á ¬á¡µ. G«óáad.doc

I tried using File::Find in a simple script. File::Find::name returns the ANSI string. Therefore, my program is doing something strange to cause File::Find to alter its behavior.

I copied all the "use" statements to the simple test program and I can't reproduce the problem.

My program reads an XML file using XML::Parser. I did the same in my simple test program and wasn't able to replicate the File::Find behavior.

Perl Version:
This is perl, v5.8.3 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (with 8 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

Binary build 809 provided by ActiveState Corp.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Terris

In reply to File::Find returning utf-8 characters by terris

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