Article ID: 26295
Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.1
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.21 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3a
- Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q26295
SUMMARY
The following characters are not allowed to be in a volume label when you use the MS-DOS LABEL command (LABEL.COM):
*
?
[
]
:
<
>
|
+
=
:
,
/
\
/
"
In addition, control codes, such as CTRL+A, CTRL+D, and so forth, are not allowed. All other ASCII characters, including the extended ASCII, are valid.
LABEL.COM maps lowercase characters to uppercase.
Additional query words: 6.22 3.20 3.21 3.30 3.30A 4.00 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.20
Keywords: KB26295
