cmd.exe and unicode characters

[simonc]

I opened a command window with cmd.exe /u but when I used dir to display the
directory contents of a folder which has filenames with Russian characters
each of these characters displayed as a question mark. Should it be possible
to display Russian characters in a cmd window? If so, is there something
wrong with my setup?

I am using Win XP Pro, SP3.

Grateful for assistance.

 

[Anteaus]

If it helps, there is an extra tab on the Regional properties which sets the
commandline character-set. This is often overlooked, resulting in an American
keyboard layout in DOS sessions despite a UK locale.

Whether this permits a Cyrillic character-set, I've never tried. I think in
principle it should, though.

This probably wouldn't need unicode as it only requires a few extra symbols
as compared to the numerous extra symbols required by, for example, Chinese
or Korean.

 

[simonc]

Thanks for your reply. Where is the extra tab? In Control Panel>Regional and
Language Options there are only tabs for Regional Options and Languages, and
nowhere does there seem to be any reference to command line character sets.