Re^2: unicode version of readdir

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Re^3: unicode version of readdir by almut (Canon) on Sep 15, 2007 at 14:01 UTC
What I was trying to do is to avoid the sheer horror of using Win32::API by nicely mapping these functions to readdir(). I think the only option you currently have which comes close to that is to enable the deprecated compile-time option USING_WIDE in win32.h in the Perl sources (which still works in 5.8.8, but won't any longer in 5.10). Also see Japanese filenames and USING_WIDE in win32.h, if you haven't come across this thread yet.	[reply]
Re^4: unicode version of readdir by dk (Chaplain) on Sep 15, 2007 at 22:01 UTC
I have, but USING_WIDE is removed from blead.	[reply]
Re^3: unicode version of readdir by zentara (Cardinal) on Sep 15, 2007 at 16:22 UTC
Just as a zen hacking edu-guess, have you tried graff's method with some more win32-ish , like `@datafiles = grep { -f }, readdir( D ); $_ = decode( 'utf16le', $_ ) for ( @datafiles );` [download] See also Can't Find File When Non-ASCII Letters Appear in Path I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: unicode version of readdir by dk (Chaplain) on Sep 15, 2007 at 21:56 UTC
That only works if characters in filenames can be represented by the codepage. All other characters are replaced by question mark. Basically, this code from win32.c: `WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, WC_NO_BEST_FIT_CHARS, + wFindData.cFileName ... )` [download] does the conversion, and CP_ACP is (qoute from MSDN) "the current system Windows ANSI code page".	[reply] [d/l]