>There is a MkDir (MD) command, which works great if the directory doesn't exist. Rather than return false if it does, it generates an error. Is there a command that will let me first check if the directory exists before attempting to create it (and generating the error?)
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>Or will I have to trap the error and resume? (which really offends my sense of code elegance)
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You can check if a directory exists with DIRECTORY(), using ADIR(), or using the Scripting.FileSystemObject's FolderExists method - I posted an example of how all three could be used yesterday.

>On a similar note, how does one check a table for exclusive access before trying to open it exclusively? (i have a routine which tries exclusive and (if already used) the error trap returns to the next line, which checks if the table is open, and if not, opens shared. I hate it, but it works)


ISEXCLUSIVE() will tell you if you already have the file opened exclusively; you need to actually try to get exclusive access and trap the failure to determinate if it can be done. a FLOCK() is not equivalent to exclusive access.