# Is ruby-1.8.6 supports the japanese strings as filenames

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-ruby-1-8-6-supports-the-japanese-strings-as-filenames/195386>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 22, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-ruby-1-8-6-supports-the-japanese-strings-as-filenames/195386 "2010-09-22T14:21:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![bujji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bujji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bujji)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-ruby-1-8-6-supports-the-japanese-strings-as-filenames/195386/1 "2010-09-22T14:21:57Z")

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Hi,

my requirement is actually my filename is in japanese when i download  
the file the file name becomes garbled.i am using ruby-1.8.6 on  
windows.please help me  
thanks in advance