From: schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 07:05:24 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Even though i personally consider 8-bit-characters in filenames unwise,
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Even though i personally consider 8-bit-characters in filenames unwise,
technically, filenames are not restricted to ASCII.
Patch from Kaspars at Bankovskis dot net, no opposition when shown on tech@.
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/intro.2 b/lib/libc/sys/intro.2
index 2945eda30b9..01ab27b9503 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/intro.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/intro.2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: intro.2,v 1.53 2014/12/10 07:18:44 guenther Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: intro.2,v 1.54 2015/01/01 07:05:24 schwarze Exp $
 .\"	$NetBSD: intro.2,v 1.6 1995/02/27 12:33:41 cgd Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)intro.2	8.3 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 10 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 1 2015 $
 .Dt INTRO 2
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -595,12 +595,8 @@ Names consisting of up to 255
 characters may be used to name
 an ordinary file, special file, or directory.
 .Pp
-These characters may be selected from the set of all
-.Tn ASCII
-character
-excluding 0 (NUL) and the
-.Tn ASCII
-code for
+These characters may be arbitrary eight-bit values,
+excluding 0 (NUL) and the ASCII code for
 .Ql \&/
 (slash).
 .Pp