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Encoding Error in Rational Team Concert Eclipse Client during Build

Troubleshooting


Problem

This technote explains how to resolve an unmappable character for encoding UTF8 error, that can occur when using IBM Rational Team Concert.

Symptom

When preforming a build for Rational Team Concert, the following error is seen: "unmappable character for encoding UTF8", which is due to an inconsistency in encoding types. This can be seen on both Microsoft Windows and Linux, as well as in both the command line and client.


    [<code>]/build/RTC/snipped/StringUtils.java:[34,33] unmappable character for encoding UTF8

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Historical Number

29019;004;000

Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21398267