International filesystem

[Jason Clinton]

Brian Densmore wrote:
> A question!
> 
> Does anyone know how to configure Linux so that you can use
> international characters in filenames? Like say for instance Cyrillic.
> And still be able to use the standard characters in say English?
> 
> Any pointer are greatly appreciated. Since I now have great need for
> both character sets on one box.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian
> 

The best way is to build everything you use with UTF8 support and NLS support. 
Bash, as of this writting, doesn't support Unicode but it does support NLS. In 
some distros you need to select UTF as your viewing language and US 105 keyboard 
as your input.