>I'm not getting very far with this. Can anyone please lend a hand and fill in the blanks where they can
>I have a vault full of backup directories each start with FP and end with date and time reference.
>I want to access the latest directory in the group - open the directory and copy all the files within to a temp directory
>then move to the next directory and do the same.
>
>Here is what I have - in over my head here I'm afraid - thanks for any help.
>k
>

>fso = CREATEOBJECT("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
>lnNum =adir(ladir,'c:\vault\FP*','D')  &&& 'Directory names that start with FP
>	asort(ladir,3)  &&& XXX i need reverse sort so that latest directory shows up first
>
>	for each ladir in 'c:\vault'  &&& XXX  go through each directory
>
>        open directory ???
>    
>	FSO.CopyFile()  &&& copy all files in directory to c:/temp 
>	
>endfor
>

lnNum =adir(ladir,'c:\vault\FP*','D')  && 'Directory names that start with FP
asort(ladir,3)                         && XXX i need reverse sort so that latest directory shows up first
FOR EACH lcdir IN ladir                && XXX  go through each directory
    lcSource = ADDBS(lcdir)+"*.*"
    COPY FILE (lcSource) TO "c:\temp\*.*"
ENDFOR

NOT TESTED!