> I also tried using   (note the trailing period) and that works
> as well, though perhaps only on a DOS or OS/2 system.  Does anyone know
> how trailing periods are handled in filenames on other systems?  Unix?

In unix, the period is considered a normal part of the filename.  Thus you
can have two distinct files called "spam" and "spam."

In OS/2, under HPFS, I believe it works like unix.

Rob
 
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