>I tried this out on my VFP3, and found you need to put the " . " after the digits.
>
>rename 12345. to test.txt worked
>
>rename 12345 to test.txt DIDN'T work.
>
>Seems a bit simpleminded, and I don't have the past messages to see if anyone else suggested this.
>

THANKS!

I also found that this is true for all file, not just numerics...

RENA JUNK TO JUNK.TXT

will not work w/out the '.'

RENA JUNK. TO JUNK.TXT

works!

Thanks again!