>Dear all,
>
>In order to copy a file to the mass storage media, a claue copy file to perform the action :
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>a="filename.ext"
>b="g:\filename.ext"
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>copy file a to b
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>The system report to me that no file named a.
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>What wrong to me ??
>
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Ransome
Without the parentheses (as shown in the other replies you got), VFP will search for files that have that exact name: "a" and "b". Parentheses force VFP to evaluate the variable.
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