>>Use DIRECTORY(). It works just like FILE(). It was introduced in (I think) VFP 5.
>>
>>If you are using a version of FP/VFP which does not support DIRECTORY(), use FILE() and search for the NUL file. For instance,
>>

FILE("C:\MYFOLDER\NUL")

>>should return .T. if C:\MyFolder exists and .F. otherwise.
>>zahid
>
>Zahid,
>
>This does not work in all OS's (like NT or W2K). You can use ADIR() to check for the existance of a folder.
>
>IF ADIR(aTemp,"C:\MyFolder","D")=1
>
>then folder exists.

Either a file or a folder exists; you need to check the file attributes of the file in the rsultant array.

>>
>>>I know you can use the FILE() command to check to see if a file exists, but how can you check to see if a folder exists and create it if it does not? Nothing I have tried works.
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>Colombo.