>>>>>

FILE("C:\MYFOLDER\NUL")

>>>>>should return .T. if C:\MyFolder exists and .F. otherwise.
>>
>>>>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.
>>>
>>
>>Isn't that what the "D" atribute check does?
>
>No, it permits files with the "D" attribute to be included; if a file matches the file name, then it will be present in the returned array - the attribute mask is for inclusion of files, not exclusion. Try the following:
>
>

cFile = SYS(2015)
>? STRTOFILE(cFile,cFile)
>? ADIR(aFile,cFile,'D')
>? aFile[1,5]
>ERASE (cFile)
>MD (cFile)
>? ADIR(aFile,cFile,'D')
>? aFile[1,5]
>RD (cFile)
>? ADIR(aFile,cFile,'D')
>? aFile[1,5]

Gothcha. I assumed that if the file was not a "D"irectory, the "D" attribute would not find it. Thanks for the clarification Ed.