On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 05:40:46PM -0500, Alan Feuerbacher wrote: > > How can I tell if I have "ISO-8859-1 data in the files offered by > Samba"? As I understand it, Samba is a general file server, so in > general it should handle all manner of files; hence I should use UTF-8, no? > I assume you are intending to use Samba to share some of your own (text) data with other boxes on your own network. For modern data, I assume UTF-8 will be correct. If you have created data using the limited set of symbols and accented letters in iso-8859-1 then the reverse would apply. If the data is all ASCII then either, but UTF-8 will then allow you to use any character in the future.
N.B. You mentioned an American locale, so I've ignored the available variations for other character sets. Also, I don't use Samba (when I have to use windows, I use nfs to get data to/from my main systems). I'm just attempting to clarify the difference between the two character sets. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, dieses Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
