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Ext File Specs, Using, Directory Specification Differences, Directory Naming Syntax
 *Conan The Librarian 

    When using Extended File Specifications, directory names conform
    to most of the same conventions as file names when using the
    ISO Latin-1 character set. Periods and special characters may
    be present in the directory name, but they must be preceded by a
    circumflex (^) in order to be recognized as literal characters,
    as shown in the following table:

    CREATE/DIRECTORY. . .       Result

    [Hi^&Bye]                   Hi^&Bye.DIR;1
    [Lots^.Of^.Periods^.In^.ThisLots^.Of^.Periods^.In^.This^
                                .Name.DIR;1
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