>Change
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>>>copy file m.txt to ('c:\Vaniermu\' + justfname(m.fln))
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>into
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>>>copy file m.txt to ('c:\Vaniermu\' + m.fln)
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>ie, take out justfname() which throws away the extension you just added

No, JUSTFNAME returns the file name with extension.

I think Viv got it, I checked Help on PUTFILE, but didn't bother to verify what should I use for the second parameter (can I just omit it or not). It was kind of late last night.