>>>>> "Markku" == Markku Kolkka <markkuk@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Markku> Colin Paul Adams kirjoitti viestissään
Markku> (lähetysaika sunnuntai, 4. maaliskuuta 2007):
>> Are file-names supposed to be encoded on Linux as UTF-8 or
>> ISO-8859-1, or is it configurable?
>>
>> This system is FC5, but a more general answer would be
>> appreciated if possible.
Markku> AFAIK, Linux (the kernel) doesn't care or know about the
Markku> character encoding, it's all done at a higher level
Markku> (glibc). The character encoding of glibc is configurable
Markku> using the locale system. Fedora is set up by default to
Markku> use UTF8.
Thanks for that. I am using the default, I think. At least, I can see
nothing locale-related in my environment other than:
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
Shouldn't unzip be taking notice of this then?
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire
