> For completeness, any thoughts on how to handle the following? > > Directory containing 3 single-character DOS filenames 0xc3..0xc5: > > SFN LFN > c3 251c > c4 2500 > c5 253c > > AFAIK, DOS filenames containing characters >= 0x80 have never been > much used, or had much practical value. So extensive special > provision for them almost seems misplaced. IBM Code page 819(?) is ISO 8859-1. I think you are allowed to have high bit characters in long file names (I will check this at next opportunity). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.