Creating File Name containg french characters using java.io.file

[Sudhakar Duraiswamy]

Creating File Name containg french characters using java.io.file

When i try create a file containg french characters in UNIX environment they appear as ???

Is there a way to specify which Encoding to be used while creating the File ?

  String fileName = "852222_ÉÀÉÀÉÀÉ_ÉÀÉÀÉÀÉ_20090915"; 
				File f = new File (fileName+".txt");
				if(!f.exists()){
					try {
						f.createNewFile();
					} catch (IOException e) {
						// TODO Auto-generated catch block
						e.printStackTrace();
					}
				}	

[Ulf Dittmer]

That depends on the editor/application you're using to create the file. Check its preferences. If the file is not pure ASCII, then you'll need the "-encoding" switch to tell javac which encoding it's in.

[Sudhakar Duraiswamy]

Guess what i even tried that when i try to compile the class in UNIX i get the below warnings

javac -encoding utf8 test.java

                                                                         ^
test.java:35: warning: unmappable character for encoding utf8
                        String fileName = "852222_???????_???????_20090915";
                                                                          ^
test.java:35: warning: unmappable character for encoding utf8
                        String fileName = "852222_???????_???????_20090915";

    

But when i compile it with ISO-8859-1 i dont get the warnings but still the issue persists .

javac -encoding ISO-8859-1 test.java

Output:
File getting created as a result of the code in Unix is

852222_???_???_20090915.txt

[Ulf Dittmer]

What is the actual encoding of the file?

[Sudhakar Duraiswamy]

I suppose you refer to the Java File ,If thats the it is 'Cp1252'

[Paul Clapham]

Can I clarify something? We're talking about the name of the file, not the contents of the file, correct?

[Sudhakar Duraiswamy]

yes indeed