>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.
Hello Ed!
I agree with you. File() and Directory() works correctly on local drives and Microsoft based networks. (NT) (There is MS KB article about it)
MS suggest to use Adir() for network.
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