-\f
-/*
- Convert a filename from the local encoding into "filename" encoding.
- The return value will be allocated on the heap. It is the responsibility
- of the caller to free it.
- */
-static gchar *
-local_to_filename_encoding (const char *fn)
-{
- gchar *filename = NULL;
- gchar *utf8 = NULL;
- const gchar *local_encoding = NULL;
- gsize written = -1;
- const gboolean local_is_utf8 = g_get_charset (&local_encoding);
-
- /* There seems to be no Glib function to convert from local encoding
- to filename encoding. Therefore it has to be done in two steps:
- the intermediate encoding is UTF8.
-
- Either step could fail. However, in many cases the file can still
- be loaded even if the conversion fails. So in those cases, after showing
- a warning, we simply copy the locally encoded filename to the destination
- and hope for the best.
- */
-
- if ( local_is_utf8)
- {
- utf8 = xstrdup (fn);
- }
- else
- {
- GError *err = NULL;
- utf8 = g_locale_to_utf8 (fn, -1, NULL, &written, &err);
- if ( NULL == utf8)
- {
- g_warning ("Cannot convert filename from local encoding `%s' to UTF-8: %s",
- local_encoding,
- err->message);
- g_clear_error (&err);
- }
- }
-
- if ( NULL != utf8)
- {
- GError *err = NULL;
- filename = g_filename_from_utf8 (utf8, written, NULL, NULL, &err);
- if ( NULL == filename)
- {
- g_warning ("Cannot convert filename from UTF8 to filename encoding: %s",
- err->message);
- g_clear_error (&err);
- }
- }