>>Try enclosing the file name in quotes.
>>
>>DELETE FILE "0000000101.txt"
>>
>>Doug
>>
>>>I have two .TXT files that I am trying to delete using the command DELETE FILE > filename
>>
>>> One file is named - 0000000101.txt
>>> One file is named - 0000000102.txt
>>
>>> So I do the following:
>>> DELETE FILE 0000000101.txt
>>> DELETE FILE 0000000102.txt
>>
>>> But nothing gets deleted. What's up with that? Does it have to be 8.3
>>> filenaming convention or what? I am using 10.3 filenaming.
>>
>>> Please help...
>Try the erase command

I hope someone will jump in and correct me if I'm wrong (big worry there) but I think ERASE and DELETE FILE are exactly the same in FoxPro. One is included for compatibility with dBase or something, but they do the same thing.

Rich.