Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 10:22:45 +0300 (EET DST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com>, terry@lambert.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: anyone working on upgrading the msdosfs to NetBSD levels? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960801101959.14470A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <199608010044.RAA03051@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > For completeness, any thoughts on how to handle the following? > > > > Directory containing 3 single-character DOS filenames 0xc3..0xc5: > > > > SFN LFN > > c3 251c > > c4 2500 > > c5 253c > > > > AFAIK, DOS filenames containing characters >= 0x80 have never been > > much used, or had much practical value. So extensive special > > provision for them almost seems misplaced. Actually they have at least around here. People just like to have filenames with all those a", o", u" and even o~ (although that is one which indeed does make troubles). Nothing ever happened except that nczip refuses to pack them up. > > IBM Code page 819(?) is ISO 8859-1. > > I think you are allowed to have high bit characters in long file names > (I will check this at next opportunity). > You can at least have them there. Sander > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. >
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