Cannot browse directories with Finder that have accented names

[Jo-Con-El]

There's a weird interaction here with Finder and SSHFS where I cannot access a directory with an accented letter, but I can chdir into it from the command line.

SSHFS version 2.10 OSXFUSE 3.7.1 FUSE library version: 2.9.7 fuse: no mount point

On the command line it seems to work fine:

ender@dibdib:~$ uname -a
Darwin dibdib.local 17.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 17.2.0: Fri Sep 29 18:27:05 PDT 2017; root:xnu-4570.20.62~3/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
ender@dibdib:~$ echo $LANG
en_US.UTF-8
ender@dibdib:~$ sshfs cowcow.mooooo.com:/srv/data ~/cowcow/
ender@cowcow.mooooo.com's password:
ender@dibdib:~$ cd cowcow/tmp/
ender@dibdib:~/cowcow/tmp$ ls -l
total 0
drwxrwxr-x  1 ender  501  0 Mar  5 15:57 Documentación
ender@dibdib:~/cowcow/tmp/Documentación$ touch dibdib
ender@dibdib:~/cowcow/tmp/Documentación$ l
total 0
-rwxr-xr-x  1 ender  501  0 Mar  5 15:57 dibdib

But when I use Finder and click on the Documentación directory under ~/cowcow/tmp/, I see an empty directory. If I put sshfs in debug mode, I get a No such file or directory error:

ender@dibdib:~$ sshfs cowcow.mooooo.com:/srv/data ~/cowcow/ -d -o debug
FUSE library version: 2.9.7
nullpath_ok: 0
nopath: 0
utime_omit_ok: 0
unique: 2, opcode: INIT (26), nodeid: 0, insize: 56, pid: 44470
INIT: 7.19
flags=0xf8000008
max_readahead=0x00100000
   INIT: 7.19
   flags=0x00000010
   max_readahead=0x00100000
   max_write=0x02000000
   max_background=0
   congestion_threshold=0
   unique: 2, success, outsize: 40
unique: 3, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 1, insize: 56, pid: 142
unique: 2, opcode: STATFS (17), nodeid: 1, insize: 40, pid: 0
statfs /
getattr /
   unique: 2, success, outsize: 96
   unique: 3, success, outsize: 136
unique: 2, opcode: STATFS (17), nodeid: 1, insize: 40, pid: 142
unique: 4, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 1, insize: 55, pid: 84

[...stripped for clarity...]

[ CLICKED ON tmp/ ]

access /tmp 00
   unique: 21, success, outsize: 16
unique: 22, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 1, insize: 56, pid: 827
getattr /
   unique: 22, success, outsize: 136
unique: 12, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access / 00
   unique: 12, success, outsize: 16
unique: 25, opcode: STATFS (17), nodeid: 1, insize: 40, pid: 827
statfs /
   unique: 25, success, outsize: 96
unique: 14, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 1, insize: 56, pid: 827
getattr /
   unique: 14, success, outsize: 136
unique: 35, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access / 00
   unique: 35, success, outsize: 16
unique: 36, opcode: STATFS (17), nodeid: 1, insize: 40, pid: 827
statfs /
   unique: 36, success, outsize: 96
unique: 34, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 02
   unique: 34, success, outsize: 16
unique: 6, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 00
   unique: 6, success, outsize: 16
unique: 18, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 02
   unique: 18, success, outsize: 16
unique: 16, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 02
   unique: 16, success, outsize: 16
unique: 37, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 40, insize: 56, pid: 827
getattr /tmp
   unique: 37, success, outsize: 136
unique: 23, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 00
   unique: 23, success, outsize: 16
unique: 28, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 00
   unique: 28, success, outsize: 16
unique: 2, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 00
   unique: 2, success, outsize: 16
unique: 5, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 00
   unique: 5, success, outsize: 16
unique: 13, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 00
   unique: 13, success, outsize: 16
unique: 4, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 02
   unique: 4, success, outsize: 16
unique: 32, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 04
   unique: 32, success, outsize: 16
unique: 15, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 01
   unique: 15, success, outsize: 16
unique: 3, opcode: GETXATTR (22), nodeid: 40, insize: 77, pid: 827
getxattr /tmp com.apple.FinderInfo 32 0
   unique: 3, error: -45 (Operation not supported), outsize: 16
unique: 10, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 6, insize: 46, pid: 827
LOOKUP /._tmp
getattr /._tmp
unique: 29, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 00
   unique: 29, success, outsize: 16
unique: 26, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 00
   unique: 26, success, outsize: 16
unique: 9, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 00
   unique: 9, success, outsize: 16
   unique: 10, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 30, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 6, insize: 56, pid: 827
getattr 
unique: 33, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 00
   unique: 33, success, outsize: 16
unique: 31, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 00
   unique: 31, success, outsize: 16
unique: 19, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 02
   unique: 19, success, outsize: 16
unique: 8, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 00
   unique: 8, success, outsize: 16
unique: 20, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 02
   unique: 20, success, outsize: 16
unique: 7, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 02
   unique: 7, success, outsize: 16
unique: 17, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 00
   unique: 17, success, outsize: 16
unique: 27, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 00
   unique: 27, success, outsize: 16
unique: 11, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 02
   unique: 11, success, outsize: 16
unique: 24, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 04
   unique: 24, success, outsize: 16
unique: 21, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 01
   unique: 21, success, outsize: 16
unique: 22, opcode: GETXATTR (22), nodeid: 40, insize: 77, pid: 827
getxattr /tmp com.apple.FinderInfo 32 0
   unique: 22, error: -45 (Operation not supported), outsize: 16
   unique: 30, success, outsize: 136
unique: 12, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 6, insize: 48, pid: 827
access  00
   unique: 12, success, outsize: 16
unique: 25, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 6, insize: 46, pid: 827
LOOKUP /._tmp
getattr /._tmp
   unique: 25, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 14, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 6, insize: 48, pid: 827
access  00
   unique: 14, success, outsize: 16
unique: 35, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 04
   unique: 35, success, outsize: 16
unique: 36, opcode: OPENDIR (27), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
opendir flags: 0x0 /tmp
   opendir[0] flags: 0x0 /tmp
   unique: 36, success, outsize: 32
unique: 34, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 1, insize: 56, pid: 827
getattr /
   unique: 34, success, outsize: 136
unique: 6, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 05
unique: 18, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
   unique: 6, success, outsize: 16
access / 00
   unique: 18, success, outsize: 16
unique: 16, opcode: READDIR (28), nodeid: 40, insize: 80, pid: 827
readdir[0] from 0
unique: 37, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access / 00
   unique: 37, success, outsize: 16
unique: 23, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access / 00
   unique: 23, success, outsize: 16
unique: 28, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access / 00
   unique: 28, success, outsize: 16
unique: 2, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access / 00
   unique: 2, success, outsize: 16
unique: 5, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access / 00
   unique: 5, success, outsize: 16
unique: 13, opcode: STATFS (17), nodeid: 1, insize: 40, pid: 827
statfs /
   unique: 13, success, outsize: 96
unique: 4, opcode: STATFS (17), nodeid: 1, insize: 40, pid: 827
statfs /
   unique: 16, success, outsize: 120
unique: 32, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 01
   unique: 32, success, outsize: 16
unique: 15, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 40, insize: 55, pid: 827
LOOKUP /tmp/Documentación
getattr /tmp/Documentación
   NODEID: 41
   unique: 15, success, outsize: 160
unique: 3, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 41, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp/Documentación 00
   unique: 3, success, outsize: 16
unique: 29, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 41, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp/Documentación 02
   unique: 29, success, outsize: 16
unique: 26, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 41, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp/Documentación 04
   unique: 26, success, outsize: 16
unique: 9, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 41, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp/Documentación 01
   unique: 9, success, outsize: 16
unique: 10, opcode: GETXATTR (22), nodeid: 41, insize: 77, pid: 827
getxattr /tmp/Documentación com.apple.FinderInfo 32 0
   unique: 10, error: -45 (Operation not supported), outsize: 16
unique: 33, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 40, insize: 57, pid: 827
LOOKUP /tmp/._Documentación
getattr /tmp/._Documentación
   unique: 4, success, outsize: 96
   unique: 33, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 31, opcode: READDIR (28), nodeid: 40, insize: 80, pid: 827
   unique: 31, success, outsize: 16
unique: 19, opcode: READDIR (28), nodeid: 40, insize: 80, pid: 827
   unique: 19, success, outsize: 16
unique: 8, opcode: READDIR (28), nodeid: 40, insize: 80, pid: 827
   unique: 8, success, outsize: 16
unique: 20, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 40, insize: 56, pid: 827
getattr /tmp
   unique: 20, success, outsize: 136
unique: 7, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 05
   unique: 7, success, outsize: 16
unique: 17, opcode: RELEASEDIR (29), nodeid: 40, insize: 64, pid: 827
releasedir[0] flags: 0x0
   unique: 17, success, outsize: 16
unique: 27, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 40, insize: 56, pid: 827
getattr /tmp
   unique: 27, success, outsize: 136
unique: 11, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 41, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp/Documentación 01
   unique: 11, success, outsize: 16
unique: 24, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 41, insize: 51, pid: 827
LOOKUP /tmp/Documentación/.localized
getattr /tmp/Documentación/.localized
   unique: 24, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 21, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 40, insize: 51, pid: 827
LOOKUP /tmp/.localized
getattr /tmp/.localized
   unique: 21, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 22, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 04
   unique: 22, success, outsize: 16
unique: 30, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 40, insize: 50, pid: 827
LOOKUP /tmp/.DS_Store
getattr /tmp/.DS_Store
   unique: 30, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 12, opcode: GETXATTR (22), nodeid: 40, insize: 92, pid: 827
getxattr /tmp com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags 0 0
   unique: 12, error: -45 (Operation not supported), outsize: 16
unique: 25, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 6, insize: 46, pid: 827
LOOKUP /._tmp
getattr /._tmp
unique: 14, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 40, insize: 50, pid: 827
LOOKUP /tmp/.DS_Store
getattr /tmp/.DS_Store
   unique: 14, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
   unique: 25, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 35, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access / 00
   unique: 35, success, outsize: 16
unique: 36, opcode: STATFS (17), nodeid: 1, insize: 40, pid: 827
statfs /
   unique: 36, success, outsize: 96
unique: 34, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 41, insize: 48, pid: 827

[ CLICKED ON tmp/Documentación ]

access /tmp/Documentación 00
   unique: 34, success, outsize: 16
unique: 6, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 40, insize: 56, pid: 827
LOOKUP /tmp/Documentación
getattr /tmp/Documentación
   unique: 6, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 18, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 40, insize: 56, pid: 827
LOOKUP /tmp/Documentación
getattr /tmp/Documentación
   unique: 18, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 37, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 41, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp/Documentación 02
   unique: 37, success, outsize: 16
unique: 23, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 41, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp/Documentación 00
   unique: 23, success, outsize: 16
unique: 28, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 41, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp/Documentación 02
   unique: 28, success, outsize: 16
unique: 2, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 41, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp/Documentación 02
   unique: 2, success, outsize: 16
unique: 5, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 41, insize: 56, pid: 827
getattr /tmp/Documentación
   unique: 5, success, outsize: 136
unique: 13, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 41, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp/Documentación 00
   unique: 13, success, outsize: 16
unique: 16, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 41, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp/Documentación 00
   unique: 16, success, outsize: 16
unique: 32, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 40, insize: 56, pid: 827
LOOKUP /tmp/Documentación
getattr /tmp/Documentación
unique: 15, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 41, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp/Documentación 00
   unique: 15, success, outsize: 16
unique: 3, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 41, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp/Documentación 00
   unique: 3, success, outsize: 16
unique: 29, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 41, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp/Documentación 00
   unique: 29, success, outsize: 16
   unique: 32, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 26, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 40, insize: 56, pid: 827
getattr /tmp
   unique: 26, success, outsize: 136
unique: 9, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 40, insize: 56, pid: 827
LOOKUP /tmp/Documentación
getattr /tmp/Documentación
   unique: 9, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
unique: 10, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 00
   unique: 10, success, outsize: 16
unique: 4, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 00
   unique: 4, success, outsize: 16
unique: 33, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 6, insize: 56, pid: 827
getattr 
   unique: 33, success, outsize: 136
unique: 31, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 6, insize: 48, pid: 827
access  00
   unique: 31, success, outsize: 16
unique: 19, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 6, insize: 48, pid: 827
access  00
   unique: 19, success, outsize: 16
unique: 8, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 1, insize: 56, pid: 827
getattr /
   unique: 8, success, outsize: 136
unique: 20, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access / 00
   unique: 20, success, outsize: 16
unique: 7, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access / 00
   unique: 7, success, outsize: 16
unique: 17, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access / 01
   unique: 17, success, outsize: 16
unique: 27, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 6, insize: 48, pid: 827
unique: 11, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access  01
access / 00
   unique: 27, success, outsize: 16
   unique: 11, success, outsize: 16
unique: 24, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 40, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp 01
   unique: 24, success, outsize: 16
unique: 21, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 41, insize: 48, pid: 827
access /tmp/Documentación 04
   unique: 21, success, outsize: 16
unique: 22, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access / 00
   unique: 22, success, outsize: 16
unique: 30, opcode: GETXATTR (22), nodeid: 41, insize: 92, pid: 827
getxattr /tmp/Documentación com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags 0 0
   unique: 30, error: -45 (Operation not supported), outsize: 16
unique: 12, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 40, insize: 57, pid: 827
LOOKUP /tmp/._Documentación
getattr /tmp/._Documentación
unique: 14, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access / 00
   unique: 14, success, outsize: 16
unique: 25, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access / 00
   unique: 25, success, outsize: 16
unique: 35, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access / 00
   unique: 35, success, outsize: 16
unique: 36, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 827
access / 00
   unique: 36, success, outsize: 16
unique: 34, opcode: STATFS (17), nodeid: 1, insize: 40, pid: 827
statfs /
   unique: 12, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16
   unique: 34, success, outsize: 96
unique: 6, opcode: STATFS (17), nodeid: 1, insize: 40, pid: 827
statfs /
   unique: 6, success, outsize: 96

I sent the output to a file and inspected it, and what I see is a UTF-8 string.

Thanks!

[Nikratio]

Thanks for the report, and apologies for not responding for so long! I am afraid I have no idea what to do here. I don't use MacOS and have no idea find Finder may be bothered by. So unless someone with Mac skills shows up to work on this, I'm afraid this won't be fixed..

[Nikratio]

@bfleischer Would you be able to help?

[myxal]

@Nikratio I'm probably having a similar issue as the reporter - I have a file with Japanese characters in the name. The name is displayed properly, but Finder won't make a preview, and won't properly launch associated application. Using the open command also results in "No such file or directory" error.

unique: 3, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 1, insize: 48, pid: 23366 access / 01 unique: 3, success, outsize: 16 unique: 4, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 13, insize: 48, pid: 23366 access /_michal 01 unique: 4, success, outsize: 16 unique: 6, opcode: ACCESS (34), nodeid: 169, insize: 48, pid: 23366 access /_michal/NicoVideo 01 unique: 6, success, outsize: 16 unique: 7, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 169, insize: 133, pid: 23366 LOOKUP /_michal/NicoVideo/【Kagamine Rin & Len】Electric・Angel えれくとりっく・えんじぇぅ-720p.mp4 getattr /_michal/NicoVideo/【Kagamine Rin & Len】Electric・Angel えれくとりっく・えんじぇぅ-720p.mp4 unique: 7, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16 unique: 2, opcode: LOOKUP (1), nodeid: 169, insize: 133, pid: 23366 LOOKUP /_michal/NicoVideo/【Kagamine Rin & Len】Electric・Angel えれくとりっく・えんじぇぅ-720p.mp4 getattr /_michal/NicoVideo/【Kagamine Rin & Len】Electric・Angel えれくとりっく・えんじぇぅ-720p.mp4 unique: 2, error: -2 (No such file or directory), outsize: 16 unique: 5, opcode: STATFS (17), nodeid: 1, insize: 40, pid: 1064 statfs / unique: 5, success, outsize: 96

I suspect this may be due to Mac-specific unicode normalization requirements, see:

• https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2480#p10270
• https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/83935/unicode-normalization-for-filenames-and-copied-text-from-pdfs

EDIT: More useful links regarding normalization on macOS:

• https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/qa/qa1235/_index.html
• https://mjtsai.com/blog/2017/03/24/apfss-bag-of-bytes-filenames/

What's interesting, is that using cp in Terminal works to copy the file over to local storage, and VLC can play the file as long as it's dragged into the app from Finder - using VLC' Open dialog doesn't work. Is there a way to determine what the actual (hexdump-style) file name is on server (Linux), client? I'm expecting to find a mismatch somewhere here.

[Nikratio]

You could try to add a few printf into sshfs.c, probably in the readdir handler function.

[dbogdanov]

Any updates on this? I am having the same problem

[dbogdanov]

This solution fixes my problem: https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/issues/71#issuecomment-12762017

[Nikratio]

Seems this was an issue in osxfuse then, rather than SSHFS. Thanks for following up!