> From: l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:29:06 +0100 > > Does anyone know of systems where the file name encoding is commonly > different from locale encoding? Is it the case on Windows?
Windows stores file names on disk encoded in UTF-16, but converts them to the current codepage if you use Posix-style interfaces like 'open' and 'rename'. (There are parallel APIs that accept UTF-16 encoded file names.)
