Internationalization 203
Unicode Configuration Limitations
Following are the Unicode configuration limitations:
• File Size and Directory Name
• Clients Compatibility Problems
• Japanese Compatibility Issues
File Size and Directory Name
The size of the file and the directory names are limited to 255 bytes, which
may be less than 255 characters when using Unicode, because each UTF-8
character occupies between one and six bytes.
Clients Compatibility Problems
In some cases different vendors use different UTF-8 encoding for the same
code page entries. The result is either be that these characters are not
displayed, or that these are substituted by other characters similar in shape.
Japanese Compatibility Issues
Administrators using the CLI are able to enter Japanese characters in
configuration parameters only through the web interface, because XTERM
applications such as KTERM does not enable you to use UTF-8 characters.
The following table details the Japanese incompatible characters.
Table 12-2. Japanese Incompatible Characters
Character UNIX Windows Macintosh
WAVE D ASH
(~)
U+301C (WAVE
DASH)
U+FF5E
(FULLWIDTH
TILDE)
U+301C (WAVE
DASH)
DOUBLE
VERTICAL
LINE (||)
U+2016
(DOUBLE
VERTICAL LINE)
U+2225
(PARALLEL TO)
U+2016 (DOUBLE
VERTICAL LINE)
MINUS SIGN (-) U+2212 (MINUS
SIGN)
U+FF0D
(FULLWIDTH
HYPHEN MINUS)
U+2212 (MINUS
SIGN)