Ok, I'll show some longstanding ignorance on this one. i was under the impression that DBFs that were open could not be correctly copied (something to do with caching and the end of file marker), hence, Foxpro data could not be backed up while in use.

I take it from your and Chaim's messages that this isn't true, but aren't there problems with stuff that hasn't been written from the cache?

TIA


>Hi Chaim,
>
>I've run into this very same problem yesterday, the solution was in fact very simple:

>=ADIR(aFiles,"data\*.*")
>
>DECLARE INTEGER CopyFile IN KERNEL32.DLL ;
>   STRING @SourceFileName, ;
>   STRING @DestFileName, ;
>   INTEGER bFailIfExists
>
>nSucces=0
>FOR nT = 1 TO ALEN(aFiles,1)
>	nSucces=CopyFile(SYS(5)+SYS(2003)+"\data\"+aFiles[nT,1],;
>                SYS(5)+SYS(2003)+"\dataexport\"+aFiles[nT,1],0)
>
>        .... show progress or something
>
>	IF nSucces = 0
>                ... Handle error
>		exit &&
>	ENDIF
>ENDFOR

GoodLuck,
>
>Walter,
>
>>I need to copy DBFs / CDXs / FPTs from one directory to another (for backup purposes). The VFP command COPY FILE fails if the table is open. I am currently shelling to DOS and using the COPY command (in DOS) which works even when the table is open, but I would rather not shell out to DOS. Are there any alternatives? I also don't want to resort to ActiveX controls.
>> Thanks, Chaim