Dir command and diacritics

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Darrel

Frequently I need to run the Dir command on machines that run foreign
language versions of XP. Where the languages use letters with diacritic
signs above them, the output is quite weird. All sorts of incorrect
symbols and spaces for missing letters show up.

Anyone know a way around this? Perhaps a program in a modern
programming language?
 
Darrel said:
Frequently I need to run the Dir command on machines that run foreign
language versions of XP. Where the languages use letters with diacritic
signs above them, the output is quite weird. All sorts of incorrect
symbols and spaces for missing letters show up.

Anyone know a way around this? Perhaps a program in a modern
programming language?
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Try changing your font to Lucida Console.

HTH

....Bill
 
Ok, this takes me part of the way. If I issue the DIR command and watch
the output on screen, the diacritics are there. BUT, if I direct the
output to a text file, I get the same weird output, even though the
text file also uses Lucida Console.
 
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