>I have a subdirectories on my machine f:\develop\myWork\temp and ..\data
>
>? directory('f:\develop\myWork\data') returns .T.
>? directory('f:\develop\myWork\temp') returns .F. (sometimes .T.)?
>? directory('data') returns .T.
>? directory('temp') returns .F. (sometimes .T.)?
>
>What gives? I need to know if temp exists, if it doesn't I want to create it on the fly.
>
>Does anyone have a better solution to directory()? I don't trust it.
>
>Robert

Robert, you may have to be more specific. The directory() command seems to look from your default folder. If you are in "f:\develop\myWork" the directory('data') will work, as will directory('temp'). Buth if you are in "f:\develop\myWork\data" the directory('temp') will show .F.

HTH
Barbara