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Subject: Re: (Registered) character in a path
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> From: SickBoy <MnogoMedvjeda AT REMOVETHISbigfoot DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 23:42:32 +0100
> 
> Could it be because (R) is legal in windows but not in dos?

Yes.  Windows attempts to translate those invalid characters so that
DOS applications won't crash, but you've just seen how well is this
translation ``working''.

> How could dos even find the dir if that's the problem?

By its 8+3 alias, "d:/whatever/foobar~1/", I guess.