thanks for the suggestion Al - following up on it.
little confused about how this works with vfp - do i need to download the program file - do i use this outside vfp environment?.
vfp did not seem to recognize the command - i knew it looked too simple - too good to be true.

ROBOCOPY C:\work C:\destination /move /minage:14
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>>in order to keep user computers up to date i zip the complete array of program files into a directory then send them along as zip attachment in email.
>>problem is i have been sending the whole lot each time. what i want to do is just send the programs that have only been changed within the last month
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>>current command is the basic copy
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>>Copy File c:/myfolder/*.prg To c:\myzipfolder
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>>a) how would i modify this command to skip over programs that show no change within last 30 days
>>or
>>b) would it be better to copy all then sort by date in the zip directory then delete those older ones.
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>If you can use the CMD line, you could use the Robocopy utility with the /MAXAGE: switch: http://ss64.com/nt/robocopy.html