Re: JFS default behavior (was: UTF-8 in file systems? xfs/extfs/etc.)

Robin Rosenberg
2004-02-13T10:03:28Z

On Friday 13 February 2004 03.29, you wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 02:16:53AM +0100, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
> > Yes, so ext3&co. should be equipped with charset options just the other so
> > it can be fixed by the user or in some cases the mount tools.
> >
> > Is there a place to store character set information in these file systems?
>
> Bullshit. Just as there is no timezone common for all users, there is no
> charset common for all of them. Charset of _machine_ doesn't make any sense
> at all - toy operating systems nonwithstanding.

For us using toy languages, we see characters in filenames, not byte sequences, and
if whenever possible users should see the same name regardless of locale.

-- robin