I'm trying to get this working. Not sure how to implament this but I added this just before the write statement: 
utf8::downgrade( my $bytes_off = '' );
                        $bytes_off .= chr($coords) for 0..255;
                        utf8::upgrade( my $bytes_on = '' );
                        $bytes_on .= chr($coords) for 0..255;

                        # Downgrade variable on output to avoid false 
+positive.
                        utf8::downgrade( my $from_off = $bytes_off );
                        utf8::downgrade( my $from_on  = $bytes_on );
                        print("bytes are ", ($from_off eq $from_on ? '
+same' : 'diff'), "\n");

                        $sftp->write( $waytemp, $coords);

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where $coords = 12,23. Now I get the error 
 Thread 2 terminated abnormally: Wide character in subroutine entry at
+ GRRUVI-v1.
43.pl line 1428.

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that I have been hearing about.

In reply to Re^3: UTF8 error when using Net::SFTP::Foreign by deadpickle
in thread UTF8 error when using Net::SFTP::Foreign by deadpickle

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