>>>>Does anyone have a fix or work-around for the apparent bug in the VFP 6.0 MKDIR command?
>>>>
>>>>Execute this command in the Command Window: mkdir "C:\123456789"
>>>>
>>>>Then execute this command: mkdir "C:\12345678"
>>>>
>>>>I get an error message saying that: "A subdir or file C:\12345678 already exists."
>>>
>>>
>>>Did you delete the dir inbetween?
>>>
>>>Jeff
>>
>>NO
>
>Visual FoxPro generates an error message if you attempt to create a directory that already exists.
>
>HTH
>Jeff

VFP is supposed to handle long dir and file names. "C:\123456789" is not the same as "C:\12345678". If you execute the commands in the reverse order it works OK.