Re: JFS default behavior (was: UTF-8 in file systems? xfs/extfs/etc.)

From: viro
Date: Thu Feb 12 2004 - 21:32:11 EST


On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 02:16:53AM +0100, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
> Yes, so ext3&co. should be equipped with charset options just the other so
> it can be fixed by the user or in some cases the mount tools.
>
> Is there a place to store character set information in these file systems?

Bullshit. Just as there is no timezone common for all users, there is no
charset common for all of them. Charset of _machine_ doesn't make any sense
at all - toy operating systems nonwithstanding.
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