This manual page is for Mac OS X version 10.6.3

If you are running a different version of Mac OS X, view the documentation locally:

  • In Terminal, using the man(1) command

Reading manual pages

Manual pages are intended as a quick reference for people who already understand a technology.

  • For more information about the manual page format, see the manual page for manpages(5).

  • For more information about this technology, look for other documentation in the Apple Reference Library.

  • For general information about writing shell scripts, read Shell Scripting Primer.


GB2312(5)                                  BSD File Formats Manual                                 GB2312(5)

NAME
     gb2312 -- GB2312 encoding method for Chinese text

SYNOPSIS
     ENCODING "GB2312"

DESCRIPTION
     The GB2312 encoding implements GB 2312-1980, a PRC national standard for the encoding of simplified
     Chinese characters.

     Multibyte characters in the GB2312 encoding can be one byte or two bytes long.  GB 11383-1981 (ASCII)
     characters are represented by single bytes in the range 0x00 to 0x7F.  Simplified Chinese characters
     are represented by two bytes, both in the range 0xA1-0xFE.

SEE ALSO
     euc(5), gb18030(5), gbk(5)

STANDARDS
     The GB2312 encoding is believed to be compatible with GB 2312-1980.  This standard has been superseded
     by GB 18030-2000, but is still in wide use.

BSD                                           November 7, 2003                                           BSD

Reporting Problems

The way to report a problem with this manual page depends on the type of problem:

Content errors
Report errors in the content of this documentation with the feedback links below.
Bug reports
Report bugs in the functionality of the described tool or API through Bug Reporter.
Formatting problems
Report formatting mistakes in the online version of these pages with the feedback links below.

Did this document help you? Yes It's good, but... Not helpful...