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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-39254

Unable to restore legacy Hebrew course_files from Moodle 1.9 backups (filename encoding issues)

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Won't Fix
    • 2.4, 2.5
    • None
    • Backup, Files API
    • None
    • MOODLE_24_STABLE, MOODLE_25_STABLE
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      Set the restoring user's profile language to "English" and then restore the 1.9.x backup file into Moodle 2.x (You might also would like to set the current course language to English, in case user's language is ignored)

      Another workaround:
      Set local (Hebrew in my case) language "oldcharset" and "localewincharset" string tokens in "langconfig.php" to "UTF-8",

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      Set the restoring user's profile language to "English" and then restore the 1.9.x backup file into Moodle 2.x (You might also would like to set the current course language to English, in case user's language is ignored) Another workaround: Set local (Hebrew in my case) language "oldcharset" and "localewincharset" string tokens in "langconfig.php" to "UTF-8",

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      When linux servers (CentOS 5.x) with PHP 5.3 create Moodle 1.9 backup files using ZIP, Hebrew filenames and folder names are saved within the Zip file with ISO-8859-8 encoding. Zip does not support UTF-8.

      Extracting a Moodle 1.9 backup zip file results in file names displayed as "?????????.doc"
      And restoring them into Moodle 2+ legacy course_files results in file names displayed as "╫¬╫ץ╫¿╫¬_╫פ╫פ╫ע╫פ.doc"
      English filenames restore correctly.

      I am attaching a Moodle 1.9 backup file for testing

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-25631 Course Import does not import Legacy Course Files

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
          • Closed

          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-35795 add DOS/Win hebrew unzipping fallback

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Closed

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              skodak Petr Skoda
              nadavkav Nadav Kavalerchik
              Adrian Greeve, David Woloszyn, Huong Nguyen, Jake Dallimore, Meirza, Michael Hawkins, Raquel Ortega, Safat Shahin, Stevani Andolo, Matteo Scaramuccia, David Woloszyn, Huong Nguyen, Jake Dallimore, Meirza, Michael Hawkins, Raquel Ortega, Safat Shahin, Stevani Andolo
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