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OSOTCDPG - FILE NAMES WITH IRREGULAR OR ASCII CHARACTERS CAUSE PROBLEMS
WITH OS/2 WARP 4
09/20/96
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File Names with Irregular or ASCII Characters Cause Problems with OS/2
Warp 4
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Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedures
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DESCRIPTION
File names with irregular or ASCII characters have problems being
accessed or utilized under OS/2 Warp 4, even if they were usable under
OS/2 Warp version 3.
These unique files names are sometimes created by applications.
For example, Ultimail/2 version 2.10.003 and up (as well as Ultimail
Lite) creates files whose names contain extremely odd characters:
G:\Ultimail\rrs0059\(0O1tD%t.GEt
G:\Ultimail\rrs0059\E0O1-Ht3.WEt
G:\Ultimail\rrs0059\E0O1@Q68.GEt
G:\Ultimail\rrs0059\E0O1@Y6N.0Et
where G: is an HPFS (High Performance File System) drive
OS/2 Warp version 3 can XCOPY these files with no errors. Under
OS/2 Warp 4, all of these trigger a "SYS1186: XCOPY cannot access
the source file." message.
RESOLUTION
There has been a change made to the system's codepage under OS/2 Warp 4.
To resolve this problem, modify the CODEPAGE statement in the
CONFIG.SYS file, as follows:
1. Open an OS\2 Command Prompt window and type E \CONFIG.SYS, then
press Enter.
2. Change the CODEPAGE= statement
from: CODEPAGE=850,437
to: CODEPAGE=437,850
3. Save the CONFIG.SYS file.
4. Shut down and restart the system, in order for the changes to take
effect.
Once the system has been restarted, the files with 'odd' ASCII
characters in their names will be able to be XCOPY'ed, moved,
and accessed.
Note: If you cannot shut down and restart the computer immediately,
you can dynamically switch the default codepage by issuing
the following command at an OS/2 command prompt:
CHCP 437
However, this change will only remain in effect
until the next system restart; for a permanent change,
you must make the change in CONFIG.SYS, as listed above.
warp4
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