cant delete files with strange characters in name

[Scott_Tuttle]

I'm trying to delete files with strange characters in the names but csharp
doesnt seem to be able to see them at all. Solution??

[Philip Rieck]

When you say "csharp" can't "see" these files, what do you mean?

How are you trying to delete the files? -- can you send some code?

What constitutes "strange" characters? -- can you give examples of files
that you *can* delete and filenames that you *can't* delete?

With some more info, I bet we can help you out...

"Sc**********@hotmail.com" <sc**********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I'm trying to delete files with strange characters in the names but csharp
doesnt seem to be able to see them at all. Solution??

[Scott_Tuttle]

I tried to do a File.Exists and it came back as false.
Nothing fancy, just using:

File.Delete("C:\\Temp\\Cos sie.doc");

These are files with polish filenames. I'm assuming they're using utf8 or
unicode of some kind. File.Delete works ok with filenames of a 'normal'
kind.

"Philip Rieck" <st***@mckraken.com> wrote in message
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When you say "csharp" can't "see" these files, what do you mean?

How are you trying to delete the files? -- can you send some code?

What constitutes "strange" characters? -- can you give examples of files
that you *can* delete and filenames that you *can't* delete?

With some more info, I bet we can help you out...

"Sc**********@hotmail.com" <sc**********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:10*************@corp.supernews.com...

I'm trying to delete files with strange characters in the names but csharp doesnt seem to be able to see them at all. Solution??

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Sc**********@hotmail.com <sc**********@hotmail.com> wrote:

I tried to do a File.Exists and it came back as false.
Nothing fancy, just using:

File.Delete("C:\\Temp\\Cos sie.doc");

These are files with polish filenames. I'm assuming they're using utf8 or
unicode of some kind. File.Delete works ok with filenames of a 'normal'

How are you specifying the character in the filename? I suggest you use
the unicode escape sequence for the character, ie \uxxxx where xxxx is
the hex number of the character.

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