From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds) Subject: Re: 8 bit console Date: 5 Oct 1992 16:43:18 GMT
In article <1992Oct5.140408.25274@wam.umd.edu> joel@wam.umd.edu (Joel M. Hoffman) writes:
>What I was really asking is if the >kernel< is 8-bit clean.
>E.g., can I use an 8-bit clean version of Emacs (which I have) to make
>filenames with all 8-bits?
There should be no problems with 8-bit characters anywhere in the kernel
- but problems arise especially with current versions of bash as well as
various other programs (even 'ls' needs the "--literal" flag to
correctly print out 8-bit filenames).
So while the kernel should handle them ok, I'd suggest against using
8-bit characters in filenames etc, as you'll have problems with 7-bit
terminals, programs that cannot handle them etc etc.
Linus