On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 05:52:07AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2007-12-31 15:08:24 -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote: > > On Dec 31, 2007 1:41 PM, ChadDavis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 3) What is the encoding of the file name? Is this a feature of the > > > filesystem? > > > > This is also based on your locale. > > And this is nasty: This means that if the user changes his locales > (or use different locales depending on the context), he will get > buggy filenames; this is also the case with system scripts that run > under the C locale. Also, different users using different locales > won't easily be able to share files. > > Workaround 1: don't use non-ASCII characters in filenames. This > may not be very user-friendly, but this is 100% compatible with > everything. > > Workaround 2 (if ASCII isn't sufficient): always use UTF-8. But be > careful about the normalization problems (NFC/NFD...). Linux can't > handle that, so that you may get several files with the same name > (but encoded differently) in the same directory.
Workaround 3: get rid of (purge) the whole locales thing and stick with 'C'. Had the advantage of at least doubling the apparent speed of my slower computers. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
