>>>>>Hey Gurus
>>>>>
>>>>>How do I determine the existence of a folder or directory?
>>>>>
>>>>>Is there a built in function for that?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>how about DIRECTORY(cDirectoryName)?
>>>
>>>Looks good. Thanks
>>
>>As far as I remember, Directory() has a serious disadvantage or side effect, I can't remember which, but I always use

>>lDirExist=ADir(dummy,cDirectoryName,'D')>0

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>hehehe - nice. thats what i love on the fox - there are always many roads to rome. would be good to know what the disadvantages of Directory() are; because i've used it in a few places.

I checked some older messages, and this is what I found. When Directory() was introduced, it returned true for files without extensions, and it returned false for hidden directories. However, it seem that both of these issues have been fixed. But you how it is with old habits...!