Write and read a file with utf-8 encoding
If i execute your code i get an error on the special character. Can you try this code ?
# encoding: UTF-8File.open("test.txt", "w:UTF-8") do |f| f.write "test \u00A9 foo" end #Encoding.filesystem = "UTF-8"p Encoding.find("filesystem") File.open("test.txt", "r:UTF-8") do |f| puts f.read end On my windows box i then get
#<Encoding:Windows-1252>test © fooI have no idea why the  is there..