On Aug 23, 2006, at 17:25 UTC, John Balestrieri wrote: > Hi -- Quick question for those in the know: Should Shell.Result or > the result of Shell.Read all return strings with a nil encodings?
Yes, I think so. The shell just returns a bunch of bytes; if those bytes happen to be text, it's up to you to figure out what encoding they might be. (If you don't know, UTF-8 is a reasonable guess, but it really will depend on what command you're executing and what data you're executing it on.) Best, - Joe -- Joe Strout -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verified Express, LLC "Making the Internet a Better Place" http://www.verex.com/ _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
