Hi Vlad,
Not for you :) If he's doing "pack" for first time I just don't want to be responsible of "gone with the wind" records. Even a power failure occurs in between there wouldn't be loss.
OTOH as Hacker's Guide suggest I never think to arm end-users with a direct pack command.
Cetin

>Why is this better?
>
>Vlad
>
>>If you're doing this first time then I advise you to use another way :
>>select * from myTable where !deleted() into table myClean
>>
>>Then if you're satisfied with myClean.dbf contents :
>>
>>use myTable exclusive
>>zap
>>append from myClean
>>
>>Cetin