[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] need to make a directory or filename unprintable

joec@Morgan.COM (Joe Collins) (04/16/91)

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.....