>>Any time/date stamping is a function of the OS, not FoxPro. When VFP sends an update to a file, it's the OS's responsibility to properly modify the last access and last modification date and times.
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>Thanks George.
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>So, VFP never looks at the header of a file to find out if it has been modified either ? _Everything_ is up to the OS ?

AFAIK, it only updates the header for the LUPDATE() function, and checks it for the return value of that function. BTW, I would hope that the LUPDATE() function would be re-written for Y2K compliance (check the actual time stamp rather than the data in the header). I haven't checked to see if the Release Candidate of VFP 6.0 does or not.

Lastly, remember that getting a lock on a record or table, also comes from the OS.