>I have a situation where there are some files created that have a leading space, eg. " JUNK.DBF". Is there a way to delete this file programmaticly using VFP5? Delete file, !del, and RENAME seem to have no affect. I am able to delete them with Explorer but I don't want the user to have to deal with it.
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>Thanks!

This has turned out to be quite a long thread!

How about:

DEL ?junk.dbf
or
DEL *junk.dbf

at the command line. The question mark replaces one character. The asterisk replaces any number. Just be sure to do a:

DIR ?junk.dbf
or
DIR *junk.dbf

first to ensure the only files deleted is the one you want...

HTH (and apologies if this has already been suggested)