>Well piffle then. Thanks
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>>RMDIR is a command, not a function. Therefore, it does not return anything.
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>>>Background: I need to create and remove directories in a temp folder. Creating and removing is NOT the problem
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>>>The problem comes in if someone is sitting in the directory to be removed. VFP cannot remove the directory and I'd like to catch that and report it.
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>>>Question: does RmDir return anything? Since it's VFP 6, no Try..Catch block :-(, and if I have to do the whole "Save Error Routine, On Error, Reset back to old Error", I will - I was just hoping that it returned something I could catch easily.
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>>>Thanks

Dorris,
Would doing a RMDIR followed by a ADIR() (to see if the directory was in fact removed ) be too much of a pain?