Some Japanese characters are not written to the Stdout file when you run shell scripts that process MBCS Japanese characters by using a Korn shell in Windows Services for UNIX 3.5

Consider the following scenario. You run shell scripts that process multibyte character set (MBCS) Japanese characters in Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.5. The shell scripts are processed by using a Korn shell. In this scenario, some Japanese characters in the shell scripts are not written to the Stdout file. You may also receive an error message that resembles the following.

This problem occurs because an MBCS character is treated as single-byte character set (SBCS) characters at a specific point in the Korn shell. For example, the Japanese double byte character "955C" is interpreted separately as "95" and "5C" single byte characters in the Korn shell. Additionally, the double quotation mark character followed by the Japanese double-byte character set (DBCS) is interpreted as a backslash. The Japanese double-byte character "8360" is interpreted separately as "83" and "60." In this case, "60" is interpreted as a closing quotation mark.

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

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Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must have Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 installed on the computer.

Restart requirement

You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

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