minus sign in file names?

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From: Juergen Koslowski
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:59

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Hello there,

Yesterday I encountered a strange behaviour of MS-DOS 5.0. I tried to write a
batch file that takes a string as input, adds an extension to it (.tex in my
case), and then processes the corresponding file further. One of my files is 
called cc-1.tex. When calling the batch file with the argument "cc-1" only the
"cc" was recognized, and the "-1" was ignored. On the other hand, strings of the
form "cc0-" is processed correctly, as is a string of the form "cc_1". 

Could anybody please shed some light on this strange behaviour? Thanks!

-- J"urgen
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J"urgen Koslowski         | If I don't see you no more in this world
Department of Mathematics | I meet you in the next world
Kansas State University   | and don't be late!
koslowj@math.ksu.edu      |                         Jimi Hendrix (Voodoo Chile)

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From: koslowj@math.ksu.edu (Juergen Koslowski)
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Subject: minus sign in file names?
Date: 16 Nov 1992 16:59:23 -0600
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Keywords: batch file parameters and filenames with minus sign