# Windows XP can create a Résumé.html file but ruby cannot

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**Created:** [May 30, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/windows-xp-can-create-a-ra-suma-html-file-but-ruby-cannot/189369 "2010-05-30T02:01:48Z")\
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Windows XP can create a Résumé.html file but ruby cannot. Why?

The following code created the wrong filename  
File.open(“Résumé.html”,“w”) { |file| file.write(‘xxx’); }

Also, this code does not work  
str = “Résumé.html”  
filename = Iconv.conv(‘UTF-16’,‘UTF-8’,str)  
File.open(filename,“w”) { |file| file.write(‘xxx’); }

If I manually rename the file to Résumé.html, it does work.

Setting the $KCODE=“u” or $KCODE=“UTF8” makes no difference.

Whats wrong with ruby v1.8.7 (or is it me)?