>Hi friends
>just wondering whats the fastest way to find if a file exist and if so open it.
>the reason ask we've some clients with more 100,000 docs which can be accessed thru our app.
>at the moment find a file and opening a file taking noticeable time.
>btw we are using "file()" command at the moment

Have you looked into using the SYS(2000, Skeleton [, 1]) command. Don't know if it is any faster but it is worth a shot. Overall the best solution would be to break the directory into subdirectory with fewer files.

Scott