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| utf-8 is required with webdav (martin) | removing recent tags with release of the next major branch 5.8 (martin) | ||
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| [[sftp|SFTP protocol]] specification requires that client and server uses UTF-8 encoding (Unicode) for file names. | [[sftp|SFTP protocol]] specification requires that client and server uses UTF-8 encoding (Unicode) for file names. | ||
| - | //With the latest release//, WinSCP by default uses UTF-8 encoding. You can force non-default behavior using session option //[[ui_login_environment#utf|UTF-8 encoding for filenames]]//, particularly when your server does not use UTF-8. &recent | + | WinSCP by default uses UTF-8 encoding. You can force non-default behavior using session option //[[ui_login_environment#utf|UTF-8 encoding for filenames]]//, particularly when your server does not use UTF-8. |
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| - | //With previous releases//, WinSCP by default expects that the local machine and the server uses the same encoding (no conversion is done) for [[sftp|SFTP-3]] and lower ((SFTP specification before version 4 has not required UTF-8 explicitly.)), and uses UTF-8 encoding for newer versions. You can force non-default behavior using session option //[[ui_login_environment#utf|UTF-8 encoding for filenames]]//. This is useful especially for servers that use UTF-8 natively, thus even for older versions of SFTP. &recent | + | |
| Please be aware that if your server does not support UTF-8 encoding, but uses its local legacy encoding instead, it is its fault. The problem is not on WinSCP side. You should push your server provider to add support for UTF-8, and not ask for support of legacy encoding in WinSCP. | Please be aware that if your server does not support UTF-8 encoding, but uses its local legacy encoding instead, it is its fault. The problem is not on WinSCP side. You should push your server provider to add support for UTF-8, and not ask for support of legacy encoding in WinSCP. | ||
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| ===== SCP ===== | ===== SCP ===== | ||
| - | For [[scp|SCP]] protocol, usage of UTF-8 is also controlled by session option //[[ui_login_environment#utf|UTF-8 encoding for filenames]]//. //In releases prior to 5.7, filename encoding conversion is not supported at all.// &recent | + | For [[scp|SCP]] protocol, usage of UTF-8 is also controlled by session option //[[ui_login_environment#utf|UTF-8 encoding for filenames]]//. |
| ===== WebDAV ===== | ===== WebDAV ===== | ||