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  3. May 2007

RE: "\" in ifs file name

Matt Hopkins wrote:

I received a group of files from on outside client via ftp
that is named
with a back slash in the beginning of the name. I have been trying to
rename the file but the command can't find the file because
it converts
the '\' to a directory delimiter. Is there a way to rename this file?

You should be able to rename them from QShell, as long as you "quote" the
backslash with another backslash. From within QShell:

cd into the directory containing the files
mv \\8file5.doc file5.doc

Actually, you may not even need to quote it. I just tried creating and
renaming a file with one of your names, and it worked:

HTH

Cheers,

Martin.


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