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From: sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news
Subject: Re: Can you create newsgroup comp.c++ ??
Message-ID: <21557.25b4865d@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 17 Jan 90 20:51:09 GMT
References: <651.25b1b667@mdcbbs.com>
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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In article <651.25b1b667@mdcbbs.com>, spain@mdcbbs.com writes:
> Does anyone know how to accept the newsgroup comp.c++ (?). VMS will not allow
> you to create a directory with the character "+" in it...

Use:

NEWS> CREATE NEWSGROUP "COMP.C++"

News (or the C library) is smart enough to figure it out.
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