>Thanks Madam, A little more confusion. As You told that I have to wait until ABC.DBF is copied. But there is not just one file ABC.DBF there are several other. So need to Wait for until my entire directory is being copied.
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>Is there any way that I could halt my next execution until the entire folder is being copied.
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What if you use the VFP COPY FILE command instead of the Shell?

Tamar