I am trying to use iconv to copy files from a UTF-8 machine to a iso8859 machine. The target is an embedded box with no UTF-8 support. I've tried both --iconv=utf-8,iso88591 and --iconv=. and the result is the same: [sender] cannot convert filename: Chris Botti _ Michael Bubl\#351 (Invalid argument) [sender] cannot convert filename: Stan Getz/Ballads and Bossa Nova/\#311 Preciso Perdoar.mp3 (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character) [sender] cannot convert filename: Stan Getz/Compact Jazz/So Dan\#347o Samba (I Only Dance S.mp3 (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character) [receiver] cannot convert filename: Unknown Artist/Unknown Album/\#345\#265\#220- Believe (PV).mp3 (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character) [generator] cannot convert filename: Unknown Artist/Unknown Album/\#345\#265\#220- Believe (PV).mp3 (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character) [receiver] cannot convert filename: Yothu Yindi/Tribal Voice/Dj\#303\#244pana.mp3 (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character) [generator] cannot convert filename: Yothu Yindi/Tribal Voice/Dj\#303\#244pana.mp3 (Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character) And the file is not copied. Can anyone suggest where I should look? I built rsync with iconv support, the libraries are in place, and it's clearly trying to do something and failing. -- Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. Albert Einstein