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  1. Newsgroups: in.pc,comp.os.msdos.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!convex!constellation!a.cs.okstate.edu!cummins
  3. From: cummins@a.cs.okstate.edu (CUMMINS JOHN WILLI)
  4. Subject: Re: Missing character questions....
  5. References: <Bu0CD5.5ry@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
  6. Message-ID: <1992Sep3.201226.1813@a.cs.okstate.edu>
  7. Organization: Oklahoma State University, Computer Science, Stillwater
  8. Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 20:12:26 GMT
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  11. In article <Bu0CD5.5ry@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> rcbaker@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Bob Baker) writes:
  12. >While working on converting some VERY old DOS files at work, we've
  13. >discovered an interesting dilemma.  When we do a directory listing of
  14. >the files, we see things like:
  15. >
  16. >H FRAME   TXT   09-01-84  etc., etc.
  17. >S H HOUS  TXT   09-01-84
  18. >.
  19. I use attrib with ? to represent the spaces.  Perhaps copy will work as well!
  20. (copy h?frame*.txt
  21.  copy s?h?hous.txt
  22.  
  23. Try it!
  24.  
  25. jc
  26.