>>>local lcCommand
>>>lcCommand = '[move "' + lcOldDirectory + '" "' + lcNewDirectory + '"]'
>>>run &lcCommand
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>>What are the square brackets surrounding your DOS command for?
>
>Rich,
>
>FoxPro has three sets of string delimiters, ', ", and [] tha above line uses them all in order to get lcCommand as a string that can be used by the RUN command. The " tacked around the directory names allows spaces to appear in the name.

I know about Fox's string delimiters, but I'm still wondering why the brackets in the above example. Why wouldn't:

lcCommand = 'move "' + lcOldDirectory + '" "' + lcNewDirectory + '"'

work? Seems to me like you used an extra pair of delimiters.