>>>It`s not a problem in VFP to create a .txt file with names of files located in a directory. How can I do it without VFP?
>>>In DOS-mode command DIR saves to file shorten files name.
>>>TIA
>>>Ed
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>>In Win95/98 I get both the short & the long names from DOS.
>>Fred
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>Just double-checked in NT 4.0, also get long file names from DIR command.
>Rich.

Oh, this isn't in DOS mode, it's in the NT CommandPrompt, which isn't quite the same thing. Anyway HTH.

Rich.