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From: SickBoy <MnogoMedvjeda AT REMOVETHISbigfoot DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: (Registered) character in a path
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 14:21:32 +0100
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In article <7494-Sat10Jan2004141528+0200-eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il>, 
eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il says...
> > 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''.
> 

Is there any way to get around this problem so that I can read the 
contents of the dir?