>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
>

>

Nope - just go to an NT box and check for "C:\nul.txt".

>>>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