>>There must be a better way to move files and either skip the identically file or overwrite the existing file. Does anyone have any thought on how to get around this problem.
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>COPY FILE and then DELETE FILE similar to RENAME.
>With SET SAFETY ON, COPY FILE prompts for overwriting existing files
>and with SET SAFETY OFF it overwrites files without prompt.
>
>HTH


thanks for the heads up, that worked

nick