>>>>SYS(2015) is not safe either, SUBSTR(SYS(2015)3) is safe AFAIK.
>>>
>>>Why?
>>
>>Because the help says so <g>
>>
>>SYS(3) may return a non-unique name when issued successionally on a fast computer. Use SUBSTR(SYS(2015), 3, 10) to create unique, legal eight character file name.
>
>Bhavbhuti,
>the help says so
>SYS(3) may return a non-unique name when issued successively on a fast computer.
>
>That's all.
>Where you read in Help
>Use SUBSTR(SYS(2015), 3, 10) to create unique, legal eight character file name?
><snip>

This is from help about SYS(3) in VFP8, so I guess they fixed something in VFP9 since this is no longer in the VFP9 help file.