File name issue in Archive::Zip

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Re: File name issue in Archive::Zip by Fox (Pilgrim) on Oct 25, 2011 at 14:07 UTC
This is a known problem is the zip spec. If you were to have a choice I had say don't use Zip. an great alternative is 7z which have proper support for unicode. If you don't have a choice, you will have to do the work yourself. See this: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=35334	[reply]
Re: File name issue in Archive::Zip by Lotus1 (Vicar) on Oct 25, 2011 at 14:18 UTC
Which version of Archive::Zip is installed on your machine? What OS and Perl version are you using? From the wikipedia article about the zip format I found that UTF-8 unicode support for filenames was added to the file specification in September 2007. I found at Stackoverflow a discussion of this problem on Windows platforms in Archive::Zip. There was a bug report for it (#35334) in 2008 that everyone was sure would be resolved in 2009. But looking at the bug list for Archive::Zip it is still unresolved. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/560097/how-can-i-create-a-zip-archive-in-perl https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Archive-Zip	[reply]
Re^2: File name issue in Archive::Zip by AATG_PERL_1010 (Initiate) on Oct 25, 2011 at 14:51 UTC
I am using perl version 5.8.8 for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread and perl v5.8.4 for sun4-solaris-64int I am using both Windows(XP) and Solaris( sun4-solaris-64int). First i will do the coding/testing in windows, once it is done, i will commit to Solaris server and then finally will use that code from Windows machine(As a web based application(using CGI)). When i was searching for the version of Archieve::Zip through its package ".pm" file, i found it is Revision 1.6 and created in 2000	[reply]
Re^3: File name issue in Archive::Zip by Lotus1 (Vicar) on Oct 25, 2011 at 20:00 UTC
That is a really ancient version of Archive::Zip. Although the bug is still active why not upgrade and try again. The part that you need might have been fixed already.	[reply]
Re^4: File name issue in Archive::Zip by AATG_PERL_1010 (Initiate) on Oct 26, 2011 at 14:34 UTC
Re^5: File name issue in Archive::Zip by Anonymous Monk on Oct 26, 2011 at 16:09 UTC
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Re: File name issue in Archive::Zip by roboticus (Chancellor) on Oct 25, 2011 at 13:58 UTC
AATG_PERL_1010: I'd double-check everything around line 42. </psychic-debug-mode> ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply]