Re: BUG #18735: Specific multibyte character in psql file path command parameter for Windows

> Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@postgresql.org> writes:
>>> This might mean that it'd be okay to just skip the backslash-to-slash
>>> conversion loops altogether if we think the encoding is Shift-JIS.
> 
>> I suggest to not do so because majority of Shift-JIS users treat 0x5C
>> as a backslash. They understand that a 0x5C means a backslash in
>> Shift-JIS files if the files are for programming (source code) or for
>> the technical documentations and so on.
> 
> Sure, we can do it that way.  I think the hard part is figuring
> out whether Windows thinks the file names are in Shift-JIS.
> Do you have any idea about finding that out?

I am not familiar with Windows and have no idea, but from the original
report:

postgres=# \cd 'c:/work/09_環境構築'

it seems the KANJI characters are shown properly even if a part of the
KANJI characters include a backslash. This could indicate Windows
thinks the file names are in Shift-JIS.

Best reagards,
--
Tatsuo Ishii
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