>>I have an unknown number of files in directory A
>>I want to copy just the first to another directory B
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>>My present code copies them all COPY FILE *.* to c:\citisprint\attachxls\latest.xlsx
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>>How do I just copy the first and then delete it so it doesn't get copied again or can I move the first file to directory B? If so how?
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>>Thanks
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>How do you know what file is first?

Say I have 10 files in a directory

The first one in the directory - I want to move it to another directory process it and then delete it

The next time I run the program the original 2nd file is now no !

And so on until I have processed all 10 files

Colin