# Ruby\_incpush with unicode in embedded ruby app

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-incpush-with-unicode-in-embedded-ruby-app/89643>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 21, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-incpush-with-unicode-in-embedded-ruby-app/89643 "2007-03-21T21:35:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-incpush-with-unicode-in-embedded-ruby-app/89643/1 "2007-03-21T21:35:37Z")

</div>

I have an application that has embedded ruby. I want to call  
ruby\_incpush using a utf8 string to specify the path. How should I do  
this?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-incpush-with-unicode-in-embedded-ruby-app/89643/2 "2007-03-22T00:09:00Z")

</div>

Hi,

In message “Re: ruby\_incpush with unicode in embedded ruby app”  
on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:35:07 +0900, “removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid”  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes:

|I have an application that has embedded ruby. I want to call  
|ruby\_incpush using a utf8 string to specify the path. How should I do  
|this?

Just add it as normal strings, if path encoding on your platform is  
UTF-8.

```
          matz.

```