does the following work as well?

mytest = lcPath + "\nul.txt"      && nul.txt should exist in every directory!
if file(mytest) then && dir exists
    copy file (myhappyfile) to (lcPath)
else
    md lcPath
    copy file (myhappyfile) to (lcPath)
endif

>>Hi all,
>>
>>The problem is simple: If I have a stored path, something like:
>>lcPath = 'C:\thisfolderdoesnotexist\nowhere'
>>
>>I'd like to check if the past exists or not.
>>
>>I checked functions included in FOXTOOLS.FLL and nothing really did the job. I don't think VFP 6 has a function for this yet, and I'm using VFP 5 for this project. I've been suggested to use arrays, etc.
>>
>>But before I start jack-hammering keys like crazy, wanted to do a check first.
>>
>>:(
>>
>>What do u propose to verify for its validity?
>>
>
>There are a couple of approaches you can take here. You can use ADIR() with the "D" for an attribute specifier; it works in most all cases except where there's more than one "." in one section of a folder name.
>
>If you need to know if a folder is writable, try to create a file using FCREATE(), and trap the error if it occurs:
>
>

FUNCTION IsWritable
>LPARAMETER cDirTOCheck
>LOCAL cErrorRtn, cTempFileName, cPathTOCheck, lSuccess, nFH
>cPathToCheck = ALLTRIM(cDirToCheck)
>IF RIGHT(cPathToCheck,1) # '\'
>   cpathToCheck = cpathToCheck + '\'
>ENDIF
>cTempFilename = SYS(3)
>DO WHILE FILE(cPathToCheck + cTempFileName)
>   cTempFileName = SYS(3)
>ENDDO
>cErrorRtn = ON('ERROR')
>lSuccess = .T.
>ON ERROR lSuccess = .F.
>nFH = FCREATE(cPathToCheck + cTempFileName)
>ON ERROR &cErrorRtn
>IF lSuccess
>   =FCLOSE(nFH)
>   ERASE (cPathToCheck + cTempFileName)
>ENDIF
>RETURN lSuccess