Move file to a filename with accentuated character

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Hello,

i’m trying to move a file with special accentuated caracter in filename, however the final file is created with %%
Anyway to do this?

move "c:\Users\Public\Desktop\HH.lnk" "c:\Users\Public\Desktop\Hygiène.lnk"

create a file
Hygi%c3%a8ne.lnk

Thanks for help

2

As a first step I think I would try creating a file with the accented character manually, then see what is returned when examining the file properties with relevance

3

Hello,
it give that:

q: pathnames of find files “*.lnk” of (descendant folders of folder “c:\Users\Public”)
A: c:\Users\Public\Desktop\Hygi%e8ne.lnk

Thanks for any help, 2 week i’m loosing my hairs…

4

This is odd

Testing in the debugger, I can create a file and copy it with the accented character in the filename.
So I sent it as a custom action and it also worked.

Actionscript:

folder delete "c:\trn\accent"

folder create "c:\trn\accent"

delete __createfile

createfile until __EOF__EOF__
test file for creating accented filenames in Bigfix
created {now}
__EOF__EOF__

copy __createfile "c:\trn\accent\Hygiène.txt"

Relevance (to test)

q: names of files of folder "c:\trn\accent"
A: Hygiène.txt
I: plural string

q: lines of file "c:\trn\accent\Hygiène.txt"
A: test file for creating accented filenames in Bigfix
A: created Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:37:32 +0100
I: plural file line

I’m in the UK - I don’t know whether language variations may be clouding the issue

5

Possibly also dependent on BigFix Client version? What version of client are you using?

6

Hello, i’m on 9.2.6.94

7

That might explain it, that is a very old version.

8

As a workaround, i finally create “by hand” the shortcut with special char, upload it in bigfix using software distribution wizard.
Then i’ve create a task to download it, extract it then move it using

dos move /y “c:\Temp\Hyg*.lnk” “c:\Users\Public\Desktop”

As dos move can be used with wildcard char, it work…

9

Definitely move to a later version. In 9.5 we added UNICODE support and this should have cleaned up a lot of things like this.