>>>>I was refering to yours modification. However Cetin's code has the same probem. It'll check if file 'EMPS.exe' exists anywhere along VFP search path. To check for a file in specific location, you can use SYS(2000) or ADIR()
>>>
>>>Tssk tssk:) I think you made a typo.
>>>

>>>lcFileName = "AlocalFile.txt"
>>>STRTOFILE("Are you sure?",m.lcfileName)
>>>
>>>? "Exists in search path",;
>>> FILE(m.lcfileName)
>>>? "Exists in the same folder where exe is",;
>>> FILE(forcepath(m.lcFileName,justpath(application.servername)))
>>>
>>>ERASE (m.lcFileName)
>>>

>>
>>Hi Cetin,
>>
>>My point is that FILE() function is not reliable when looking for files in specific place. It could find a file in EXE ignoring path provided or give false positive in the root of drive.
>>

>>CLEAR
>>
>>CD ("C:\temp")
>>MD temp2
>>
>>lcFilePath = FULLPATH("") + "\temp2"
>>lcFileName = "AlocalFile.txt"
>>STRTOFILE("Are you sure?", "temp2\" + m.lcFileName)
>>SET PATH TO (lcFilePath  )
>>
>>? "Exists in drive root", FILE(JUSTDRIVE(_VFP.servername) + "\" + m.lcFileName)
>>? "Exists in search path", FILE(m.lcfileName)
>>? "Exists in the same folder where exe is", ;
>>		FILE(forcepath(m.lcFileName,justpath(application.servername)))
>>
>>ERASE ("temp2\" + m.lcFileName)
>>RMDIR temp2
>>

>
>Sorry I can't see how that shows that it's unreliable checking at a specific path.
>Cetin

Actually File() is reliable IF you specify a non-empty path. File('yourpath\yourfile.dbf') will give the correct result. But both File('\yourfile.dbf') and File('yourfile.dbf') will give the WRONG result if yourfile.dbf is NOT in the root, but in another directory in the path. I prefer to always use Afile(temp,'\yourfile.dbf')>0 since it is ALWAYS reliable.