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

vda
2004-02-13T10:23:37Z

On Friday 13 February 2004 12:03, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
> 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.

Al says that there can be a hundred of users on the box _simultaneously_,
each with different locale. fs should store filenames
in locale-agnostic way.
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vda