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From: noesis@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (60276000)
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Subject: Re: Problem with del...
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Date: 15 Dec 90 23:25:09 GMT
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how about a non-printing char in the name? ex ^@abc would list as "abc";
unfortunatly i don't know of anyway to change this except:
  1) create a temp dir
  2) move all files to the temp dir one by one (not *.*)
  3) do a del *.* & the offending program will go away
or --
  execute a child command.com with a 32K environment
  do:
    for %i in ( *.* ) do set %i=%i
  & the look at the env to see if a control char is there
or --
  do a "dir > tmp" & look for control chars in tmp
--noesis