[jcifs] Creating file with hash ('#') in filename
Conrad Minshall
conrad at apple.com
Sat Jan 18 22:45:54 EST 2003
At 12:53 AM -0600 1/17/03, Christopher R. Hertel wrote:
>On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 12:22:08AM -0500, Allen, Michael B (RSCH) wrote:
>:
>> > This is the Unicode issue. URLs must handle full Unicode in order to deal
>> > with this stuff. It is a problem, but it's not specific to the SMB URL.
>> >
>> Yes, it does seem to be coming down to Unicode. But it is specific
>>to the SMB URL.
>> RFC 2396 does not appear to address Unicode. You cannot have
>>Unicode HTTP URLs
>> for example. Thus the problem.
>
>HTTP URLs are just one example. Still, "You cannot have Unicode HTTP
>URLs"... That's why it's *not* specific to the SMB URL. People may post
>all sorts of files on a web server. If the filename is in cyrillic
>then...well, same problem even if it's accessed via HTTP. It's a general
>URL issue. URLs *should* support Unicode... but they don't.
Question: aren't some Microsoft sites already using unicode in their
urls? I'll bet NB system names, sharepoints, and paths are all
happening in UCS2 and non-roman code pages. In Japan for instance.
The jcifs perspective is of interest to me for my client "design" ;)
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