[Rails] filenames mangled on upload

Martin DeMello
Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:01:08 -0000

I''m having problems with filenames being mangled when uploaded -
usually truncated either upto or after some problematic character.
Here''s an example:

Filename in filesystem: s+o~1@#%^&*()_-=[]{};:''".txt
uploadedfile#original_filename: s+o~1@#%^&*()_-=[]{}

Is this a rails/cgi.rb issue or a browser one? I note that gmail''s
"attach file" truncates the filename too, but it does it at the
''
whereas rails does it at the ; . So I''m guessing it''s a
serverside
rather than a browser problem, but I have no idea how to deal with it
since by the time my code gets it it''s already been mangled.

martin