>Hi All,
>
>I have been asked for assistance on a Foxpro DOS system.
>
>Basically, all my friend wants is to create a text file with a long filename.
>
>I have done the following to no avail:
>
>1. used RUN in the Command Window
>

>run /0 copy mytext.txt mylonglongtext.txt
>or
>run copy mytext.txt mylonglongtext.txt
>

>The response was "Duplicate file name or file not found"
>
>2. tried using FCREATE(), FPUTS() and FCLOSE()
>

>x = FCREATE( "mylonglongtext.txt" )
>= FPUTS( x, "Hello World" )
>= FPUTS( x, "Hello Again" )
>= FCLOSE( x )
>

>The resulting filename is truncate to just "mylonglo.txt" (DOS 8.3 format)

This works for me using FPD 2.5b on Windows Server 2003 (should also work on XP, not tested on Vista or higher):

run cmd.exe /c copy c:\somepath\file.txt c:\somepath\filefilefile.txt

* If there are spaces in the source path or target path or file name you need to use double quotes:
run cmd.exe /c copy "c:\some path\file.txt" "c:\some other path\file long name.txt"