>has anyone used a LINUX machine to store FOX data?
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>a few years ago I tested Foxpro for Unix on an SCO Open Server with dos FoxPro 2.5 clients, it totally ignored record locks between the two environments, but both environments seemed to work well enough with EXCLUSIVE on !
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>I expect to soon have a LINUX box doing some web tasks, & considered using it as a free archive device, anyone else tried this ?

I didn't set it up, but a client of mine uses Samba on Linux as their backend of choice (they eliminated WinNT). Initially there were some locking issues but not anymore. They have contracted with EDS for support; EDS's support techs do most of their work remotely over the Internet.

They have a FPD2.5 app, a VFP5 recompile of that app, and various native VFP5 apps running (simultaneously) against common free tables on one of the Linux/Samba servers. They all run fine.