Re: filename encoding (was: ISO-2022)

[Ulrich Drepper]

Tomohiro KUBOTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Thus, either of them should be taken:
>  1. libc/kernel accepts only UTF-8 filenames.
>  2. libc/kernel knows the locale.

None of this.  Neither the kernel nor libc will ever do anything about
the encoding of filenames etc.  There are these stupid Winblows
exceptions of course but not for real filesystems.

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