>>The text files (and prgs) backup can be turned off with the properties dialog. Creating backups of dbfs and fpts, AFAIK, can't. But are you saying that it's making backups beyond the normal (save after change)?
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>Some of them may be normal in vfp, but the others seem to be from outside. Maybe FTP has a backup setting that's causing some of the text BAK problems, I'll check that out when the app is done running...
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>I guess the ones in vfp are the biggest problem, since I'm running a large load text-to-tables job on the hard drive now after server performance problems. Partway through the app may run out of space, and I find huge backups from tables and memo files. Maybe I have to manually (in code) check for and delete the vfp BAKs & TBKs? I never noticed a problem with them before, but I can't seem to find anyway to turn these backups off in vfp, as you say, now that I have a problem...
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>I guess the question is, what causes a BAK/TBK to be created? Sometimes a find them, but now that I'm trying to create one by ZAPping, etc, I can't seem to do it (at least not on my machine)...

You got me on this one, Bruce. I've never seen VFP create BAKs or TBKs unless the structure was modified. Can I assume that they are the same size as the originals?