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Date:      18 Dec 1999 18:49:21 +0100
From:      naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber)
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: strings(1) vs. $LANG
Message-ID:  <83ghf1$1873$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de>
References:  <199912181707.MAA03525@rtfm.newton>

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Mikhail Teterin <mi@kot.ne.mediaone.net> wrote:

> It seems,  strings(1) will only  print ASCII strings, regardless  of the
> locale. Is this intentional, or a bug worth send-pr-ing?

Is it sensible to output strings according to the active locale
when you don't know their encoding?

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                  naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de



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