>>>>>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.

I humbly beg your forgiveness for not reading what I saw. DUH, I did not notice the name difference until now.

Jeff