#304 Unicode Filename Support on Linux/UNIX

[Vikas Joshi]

Hello,

I am using 7-zip(GUI not Command line) to zip and unzip Unicode Filenames (Chinese/Japanese filenames ) for work, and I prefer .zip archives.
So I want to ask: how well does 7-zip support the Unicode on Linux/UNIX?
I have checked on windows it is working fine.
If there is any specific setting/option I need to use to enable this GUI on Linux, then plz suggest.

Thanks in advance
Best Regards

[Vikas Joshi]

Update on this ticket.

On Linux, 7zip installed from linux official store is able to extract .zip file having files with unicode filenames.
But If I download "source " package or binary package and build it. Then with this latest built 7z & 7za I am not getting proper unicode names. It looks like source package provided is different from official linux store (Maybe).
Do I need to used any specific argument with 7z or 7za command line with which I will get proper unicode filenames (Chinese/Japanese filenames)? Please Suggest.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

@vji1 unfortunately there isn't anything like an "linux official store". Stop writing fake news.

[Bruce Stark]

hi @Vikas Joshi
I used 7za command to extracted a file named with Unicode(Chinese/Japanese) and the result was normal, Would you like to show me how to build the environment with "source " package or binary package. so that I could reproduce this error with a minimal working example.

[Vikas Joshi]

Hi @lipeng
Thanks for the reply.

That was the diffrent issue not of 7za exe. Now I am able to get unicodes with 7za.exe.
But this will not solve my problem. I earlier used Client7z wrapper code to extract filenames. That code is not working for unicodes.

i built Client7z exe on linux machine. It is giving below runtime error :
"Not able to open archive." for all type of archives (.zip, .7z).

Please try building client7z exe on linux and check the output.
If I need to do anythig extra to get unicodes with Client7z. Then plz suggest.

Thanks in advance.