Re: filename encoding (was: ISO-2022)

[Henry Spencer <henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand the function of this flag. Why not just have
> mount options that let you specify whether to convert file names, and
> if so from which encoding to which encoding?

Because not all of the filenames on a single filesystem are necessarily
in the same encoding.

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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