>>I have a subdirectories on my machine f:\develop\myWork\temp and ..\data
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>>? 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
>
>I've had bad results with DIRECTORY, and have found that ADIR() works better for me in many environments, especially with networks (NetWare has always been painful.) Rather than:
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> IF DIRECTORY('Data')
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>try:
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> LOCAL aTestDir[1,5]
> IF ADIR(aTestDir,'Data','D')#0
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>Additional attribute parameters can be added for hidden and system directory support. And you can explicitly examine aTestDir[] for details on each match, since the second argument can be a wildcard expression. ADIR() works reliably with UNCs and long filenames as well.
>
>hth,
>
>Ed

Thanks,
I like this idea the best.

Robert