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Make sure directory exists
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16/07/1998 06:49:25
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
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00117916
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00118031
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My experience is that DIRECTORY() is not reliable in all circumstances. Instead:
DIMENSION aTest[1,5]
IF ADIR(aTest,'C:\Some\Directory','D') > 0
   * Dir exists, but may not be writable at this point based on media/user permissions
ELSE
   * Dir doesn't exist
ENDIF
>Use the DIRECTORY() function.
>-myron kirby-
>=============================
>>How could I check to see if a given directory exist before attempting to create a file there at runtime? (the directory name is stored in a configuration table and it will probably exist most of the times, but...).
>>
>>Thanx in advance.
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