RE: Extra spaces in text files in cygwin

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

gmarsha11 wrote on 11 June 2008 16:14:

> The files are being created by HP Data Protector (backup management
> software).  After I changed the file, I realized that the next time DP
> modifies it, it will change the encoding.  DP can read the file when it is
> ANSI encoded, but will always write in Unicode 

  That's presumably because filenames on an NTFS filing system are allowed
to use unicode.  DP probably has to decide what way to encode the file at
the start, when it creates it, and before it knows if any of the files it
ends up backing up use unicode names.  (Well, either that, or it's just
mindlessly blatting across the wide strings returned from one of the NT API
query file info calls...)

> -- unless I can find out how to change the encoding it uses.

  How about something like "File an enhancement request in HP's internal
bug-reporting system for your colleagues in the software department to take
a look at"?  ;-)

    cheers,
      DaveK

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