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> i checked the file with an HEX editor and it turned out that > there are three > bytes whose hex code is EF BB BF at the beginning of the > offending file. > I guess this must be the reason why the parser is > complaining, though I am > still not clear if this is some sort of multi-byte character > or just some > junk that happens to be there. This is a byte-order-mark, a signal that the file is in UTF-8 encoding. Some parsers allow a BOM at the start of a UTF-8 file, others don't. The latest specs say that it should be accepted, but older parsers don't recognize it. It's generated automatically by some software that writes UTF-8, especially Microsoft software. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/
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