You can get empty output file in case the current work area has empty tbale/cursor or no record are visible because of SET FILTER. Check _TALLY after COPY TO command. It'll hold the # of records copied out.

>I have a peculiar problem that I would like to get your feedback on.
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>Every 3 weeks or so, a copy to a demilited file with '^' result in a zero byte file even though the cursor it's copying from had to have records in it.
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>My question is: is this a network connectivity issue that is resulting in zero byte files becuase I don't think VFP 7 SP1 has any documented or undocumented bug that could result in zero byte files?