>>>>>>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.
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>I humbly beg your forgiveness for not reading what I saw. DUH, I did not notice the name difference until now.
>
>Jeff
I am running NT and have no problem with this. No error's on my end.
Jeff
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