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From: munnari!anu.anu.oz.au!gih900@CSC.DNET (Geoff Huston)
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Subject: RE: Can you create newsgroup comp.c++ ??
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Date: 22 Jan 90 13:49:17 GMT
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>Does anyone know how to accept the newsgroup comp.c++ (?).  VMS will not allow
>you to create a directory with the character "+" in it...
     
the problem is on DCL parsing:
     
    NEWS> CREATE NEWSGROUP "comp.lang.c++"
     
i.e. use "s around the name
     
     
Geoff Huston