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FTP and Convert text file from UNICODE to UTF-8

Does anyone know of a way schedule or automate copying or ftping a UNICODE text file and have it converted to a UTF-8 encoding?

The file I am attempting is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\MSFax\ActivityLog\OutboxLOG.txt. I can re-save it as a UTF-8 in notepad and that allows me to import it into navicat mysql. But, I have to copy it to another directory before it will allow me to import it since MS FAX has it in use.

Solution

  • FTP supports only four transfer types: ASCII, EBCDIC, binary, and "local" (for 9-bit bytes, yes there are systems that have 9-bit bytes). UNICODE and UTF-8 are not supported. You will have to do the conversion yourself.