On May 28, 6:04*pm, Big Al <Bi...@nowhere.com> wrote:

> Try dir /x
> it should give you the short name. *Try using DEL on that name.- Hide quoted text -
>


Thanks. I tried dir /x and it did giveme the short name
(ADDTOM~1.TXT). I then tired using DEL, but got the same error as
before: "The system cannot find the file specified."

I got the same results when I tried REN and various other alternatives
with wildcards

Michael