From freebsd-hackers  Wed Jul 31 00:44:08 1996
From: Terry Lambert <terry () lambert ! org>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 00:44:08 +0000
To: freebsd-hackers
Subject: Re: anyone working on upgrading the msdosfs to NetBSD levels?
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=94346786426592

> 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.

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).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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