Eureka! So cool! Thanks!!!!



>>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"
>