Subject: Re: UTF-8 file names?
To: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 09/13/2004 11:05:08
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On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 04:25:51PM +0200, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> > How can I make NetBSD's base system programs use UTF-8 file
> > names by default?
>=20
> Use... how?
>=20
> In Unix, filenames can contain any chars except NUL and '/'.
> Maybe start by using a terminal that's UTF-8 capable (uxterm, ...)?

The one problem I see is that a multi-byte UTF-8 sequence can end in what
looks like an ASCII '/'. Since it's part of a multi-byte sequence, that=20
would be wrong.

Take care,

Bill

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