>I could have sworn FILE() always worked O.K. but when I have a path set, FILE() finds a file in the path even when I specified a different one. For instance:
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>Where clients.dbf exists in c:\
\data, default is c:\ and the data directory is in the path:
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>file('c:\clients.dbf') gives .T. (c:\clients.dbf does not exist)
>file('d:\clients.dbf') gives .T. (d:\clients.dbf does not exist)
>file('c:\chr\clients.dbf') gives .F. (which is right - the chr subdirectory exists)
>file('c:\zzz\clients.dbf') gives .F. (which is right - the zzz subdirectory does not exist)
>file('clients.dbf') gives .T. (although the data subdirectory is in the path but is not the current directory)
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>Is this normal?
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FILE() searches the VFP PATH. THe folowing is cut from the on-line help:
FILE( ) Function
Example See Also
Returns true (.T.) if the specified file is found on disk.
Syntax
FILE(cFileName)
Returns
Logical
Arguments
cFileName
Specifies the name of the file to locate. cFileName must include the file's extension. Visual FoxPro looks in the default directory for the file. If the file cannot be found in the default directory, Visual FoxPro searches along the Visual FoxPro path which is established with SET PATH.
You can include a path with the file name to search for a file in a directory or on a drive other than the current directory or drive.
Remarks
Use FILE( ) to find a file on disk. FILE( ) returns true (.T.) if the file can be found; otherwise FILE( ) returns false (.F.).
ADIR() does not do this if an expliucit path is named. Neither does the WSH's Scripting.FileSystemObject
>This behaviour extends to the USE command I.E. USE c:\clients.dbf opens the clients.dbf in the DATA subdirectory
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>Any comments would be appreciated. In 10 year of xbase, I have never learned this???
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>TIA
>Charles Richard
