need to make a directory or filename unprintable

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From: Joe Collins
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1991 14:17

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Help-
I need to be able to create a PC DOS directory or filename which
CANNOT be entered by the keyboard but is also a valid name that can 
be invoked via a program.
Thus, one cannot issue cd dirname.

Thus, I would hope that an unprintable char can be used but it
doesn't seem to work, having tried numerous chars already.

BTW, the program reading it will be WINDOWS and a DOS .bat file
The system is DOS 4.01 on a GATEWAY 386 25mhz, WINDOWS 3.0

Any thoughts? - Thanks in advance

joec@morgan.com

Please email back to me directly.....

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From: joec@Morgan.COM (Joe Collins)
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Subject: need to make a directory or filename unprintable
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