>Hi Naomi,
>
>Excuse me, but I think that just posted part of the problem and part of solution.
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>The command COPY FILE doesn't work when the path has spaces, nor using the solution suggested by Jim (COPY FILE URV.DBF TO "C:\Documents and Settings\URV.DBF")
>
>Then I created a Function that when I inform the path windows it returns me a path DOS for instance:
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>cDosPath = GetDosPath ("c:\program Visual files\MicroSoft FoxPro 9")
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>Supposing that I have installed Visual FoxPro 8 and Visual FoxPro 9 the returned path will be C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2, therefore a path valid DOS that being used in the command COPY FILE will work perfectly.
>
>For instance:
>COPY FILE URV.DBF TO ( GetDosPath("c:\program Visual files\MicroSoft FoxPro 9") + "\URV.DBF")
>
>[]´S
>
>Dionísio

Copy file should work just fine with long path if it's correctly spelled and enclosed into quotes. Something else was wrong.