note 15200 added to function.fopen

Currently I've some problems with the file_exists(), fopen() and similar functions. The problem is that I want to open files in directories, that contain parentheses "()". Of course taht's a bad habit on UNIX systems since parentheses are interpreted by shells. E.g. "cd "some_dir_with_()"" works, but "cd some_dir_with()" gives "badly placed ()'s". Is there a similar workaround for fopen(), file_exists() and similar functions ? sincerly, mnemonic@subnet,at http://www.php.net/manual/de/function.fopen.php