The '/' (slash) is invalid character for a file name. See http://www.berezniker.com/content/pages/visual-foxpro/determine-invalid-characters-file-name-and-path

>I just found out that I am omitting one important information. The column data ends with date (i.e. 02/05/2009) and PUTFILE() stopping at 2009. what's weird it start from the right side. when I deleted the date part, it worked fine.
>test it.
>I did not find any documentation about this behavior.
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>Any solution other than STRTRAN()