Rick -

I'm not sure what "too deep' means either, but I wrote a vfp recursive function to simulate a DOS deltree and xcopy. I know I've deleted/copied 5 levels of directories - that's 4 recursive calls. Good luck.

>Am I right that VFP isn't really designed to allow us to program using recursion...but that we can use recursion as long as it doesn't get too deep?
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>BTW - What's "too deep", currently?
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>Are there any special warnings I should heed before I jump in blindly?
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>TIA
>Rick