redcom:
> Hi,
>
> how can I convert a file name with for example umlauts (ü, ä ... ) into
> UTF8, or some other format that I can actually use it?
>
> Günther
>
Using the utf8-string package to encode the file name string.
e.g.
x <- readFile (encode "ኃይሌ ገብረሥላሴ")
http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/utf8-string