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I've been using a mkisofs line like this for years without problem

# mkisofs -J -R -V 'Vol Label' -o /output/path/FILE.ISO /input/path/

Now, however, it gives a UTR-8 character message at the start

Code:

INFO:   UTF-8 character encoding detected by locale settings.
        Assuming UTF-8 encoded filenames on source filesystem,
        use -input-charset to override.

And if there are any files with, er, special characters the program aborts with this message.

Code:

Incorrectly encoded string (Brobälläri.jpg) encountered.
Possibly creating an invalid Joliet extension. Aborting.

After considerable reading, I've come up with this added option and the ISO finishes being made.

-input-charset default

My problem is that I no longer feel confident with the file being generated and want to ask whether this is an appropriate solution. I'm on fedora 6 and I'm sure that has something to do with it. It's the first time on FC6 and I've never run into this problem before.

Issuing this command

# mkisofs -input-charset help

yeilds the following list of character sets but I'm unsure which gives the broadest coverage, or whether the 'default' option is good enough.

Known charsets are:, cp10081, cp10079, cp10029, cp10007, cp10006, cp10000, koi8-u, koi8-r, cp1251, cp1250, cp874, cp869, cp866, cp865, cp864, cp863, cp862, cp861, cp860, cp857, cp855, cp852, cp850, cp775, cp737, cp437, iso8859-15, iso8859-14, iso8859-9, iso8859-8, iso8859-7, iso8859-6, iso8859-5, iso8859-4, iso8859-3, iso8859-2, iso8859-1.


Comments, remarks, ideas, suggestions?