On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 11:42:48PM +0300, Valeriy E. Ushakov wrote:
> But currently I cannot do anything like this with a CD with Russian
> file names.  I haven't tried this in a while, so I specifically checked
> this with my more or less -current laptop:
> 
>     $ ls /cdrom
>     ??????   ????????????  ????     ??????
> 
> Yeah, that's like very useful... :(

By default, ls will convert what it thinks are non-printable
characters into question marks. What does "ls -w /cdrom" show?
-- 
Name: Dave Huang         |  Mammal, mammal / their names are called /
INet: khym@azeotrope.org |  they raise a paw / the bat, the cat /
FurryMUCK: Dahan         |  dolphin and dog / koala bear and hog -- TMBG
Dahan: Hani G Y+C 29 Y++ L+++ W- C++ T++ A+ E+ S++ V++ F- Q+++ P+ B+ PA+ PL++