read_*() does not work for special characters in file path

[strengejacke]

I can't provide a reprex, I think, but the message should be clear. The problem occurs when the file path contains, e.g., German Umlauts:

test <- read_stata("~/CloudStation/R, diverse/Datensätze zum debuggen/GLES_Vorwahlquerschnitt_ZA5700_v1-0-0.dta")

 Error in df_parse_dta_file(spec, encoding) : 
  Failed to parse C:/Users/Daniel/Documents/CloudStation/R, diverse/Datensätze zum debuggen/GLES_Vorwahlquerschnitt_ZA5700_v1-0-0.dta: Unable to open file. 
4.
stop(structure(list(message = "Failed to parse C:/Users/Daniel/Documents/CloudStation/R, diverse/Datensätze zum debuggen/GLES_Vorwahlquerschnitt_ZA5700_v1-0-0.dta: Unable to open file.", 
    call = df_parse_dta_file(spec, encoding), cppstack = structure(list(
        file = "", line = -1L, stack = "C++ stack not available on this system"), class = "Rcpp_stack_trace")), class = c("Rcpp::exception", 
"C++Error", "error", "condition"))) 
3.
df_parse_dta_file(spec, encoding) 
2.
haven::read_dta(file = path, encoding = enc) at read_write.R#226
1.
read_stata("~/CloudStation/R, diverse/Datensätze zum debuggen/GLES_Vorwahlquerschnitt_ZA5700_v1-0-0.dta") 

Moving the file to a directory without German Umlauts in the file path works.

[sindribaldur]

Same (or similar) issue here on Windows 10, R 3.5.0, and haven 1.1.1

dfg <- read_sav("c:/temp/2017.sav", user_na = TRUE)
file.copy("c:/temp/2017.sav", to = "c:/temp/2017óó.sav", overwrite = TRUE)
[1] TRUE
dfg <- read_sav("c:/temp/2017óó.sav", user_na = TRUE)
Error in df_parse_sav_file(spec, user_na) : 
  Failed to parse c:/temp/2017óó.sav: Unable to open file.
file.rename("c:/temp/2017óó.sav", "c:/temp/2017oo.sav")
[1] TRUE
dfg <- read_sav("c:/temp/2017oo.sav", user_na = TRUE)

EDIT:
The issue was discussed on StackOverflow.

[tzoltak]

Having the same problem (with read_spss() and with Polish special characters).

[hadley]

Would be great if someone could confirm this is fixed in the devel version.

[strengejacke]

My initial issue is solved in the current dev-version! Works for me.

[tzoltak]

It also works for me!

[bajbaj]

Import via syntax works, but "import dataset" dialogue in RStudio still gives an error message:

Windows 10, R 3.5.0, RStudio 1.1.453, haven_1.1.1.9000

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