I'm having difficulty getting the bash shell to handle Japanese double
byte characters correctly. The handling of double byte Japanese characters
is improved by adding the definitions listed below, but some commands such
as ls, find, and cygpath still have problems. Is there anything else I can
I'm having difficulty getting the bash shell to handle Japanese double
byte characters correctly. The handling of double byte Japanese characters
is improved by adding the definitions listed below, but some commands such
as ls, find, and cygpath still have problems. Is there anything else I can
Your observation, Igor, is correct. The 0x5C character is the backslash
and that is at the root of the problem, especially in a command like ls.
We haven't run across the problem with 0x2F, but that may just be a matter
of time.
If Cygwin applications are handling the multibyte characters as a
Has anyone ever compiled Cygwin on a Japanese Windows machine? Does
anyone know of a version of Cygwin, compiled on a Japanese machine, that
is available for download?
-Joe
Joe Wigglesworth, P.Eng
Senior Manager - Software Developer
Tivoli On Demand Development
IBM Toronto Lab B3/REW/8200
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