Hi,

I'm having a crazy error happening randomly:
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file "f:\Case.dbf".

F: is a drive in a novell 4.11 server.
E: is a drive in the local machine (where this code is running).

Here's the code:

Try
     File.Copy("f:\case.dbf", "e:\GeneralDropFolder\case.dbf", True)
 Catch ex As Exception
     'There was a problem copying the file.
     CopySuccessful = False
     'Add entry of this event to log.
     Echo("Attempt to copy file f:\case.dbf to e:\GeneralDropFolder failed." _
         + Chr(13) + Chr(10) + "Additional error information: " _
         + Chr(13) + Chr(10) + ex.tostring(), False, True)
 End Try

Here's the output from the log:

2005-11-28 22:01:56 Attempt to copy file f:\Case.dbf to E:\GeneralDropFolder failed.
Additional error information: 
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file "f:\Case.dbf".
File name: "f:\Case.dbf"
   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String str)
   at System.IO.File.InternalCopy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite)
   at FTPDirect.Module1.Main()

Right after the program aborts, I go to the computer, try to access the F: drive and everything is there (F:, F:\case.dbf, etc.). It shouldn't have failed.

Anybody has any ideas of what could be causing this? Or at least how to track the damn thing down?

I've added code to have the program wait 10 minutes and attempt 2 more times (at 10 min intervals) and all the attempts fail.

After I log onto the machine and try to access the file that wasn't found, I have no problems.

I then re-run the program that does the copying and that works as well.

We're pretty desperate.

Thanks for your help!!!!

Alex