Why don't you try comparing it to the last modified datestamp?

>Greetings all!
> ARGH! I've tried doing a search here for the above title and it keeps telling me that I don't have access to the VFP engine or something or other...sooo, HELP!:D
> I'm distributing an app accross a network, and I'm just using a directory that can be accessed from any workstation. Here's the trick, I want the setup program to overwrite my program all the time, since it's currently in beta, and I don't want them to have the previous(buggy) version. Currently, if the file size of the newer file is the same as the older version, it won't overwrite it; I've had one instance where it won't overwrite the previous version PERIOD, we finally had to goto that workstation and manually delete the file before it would install correctly.
> Is there a switch or workaround? Is there a better way?