Re: filename encoding (was: ISO-2022)

[Harald Alvestrand]

At 09:20 02/02/2001 +0000, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote:
>Inconsistent encoding of file names is a problem. There seem to be two
>solutions:
>
>1. Introduce an as yet undesigned but probably complex and insecure
>system by which file names are automatically converted to the
>appropriate encoding.

note: this is ALREADY IMPLEMENTED IN LINUX for the FAT filesystem.
see kernel docs - Documentation/Configure.help, under "NLS".

If it has to be done - it has to be done in the kernel, at filesystem level.

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