Come to think of it, it doesn't make any difference.
But if you want to track whether the database had procedures added or not, this is how I would suggest making that determination.

>see the bold line below
>
>>>>Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>>I have a program, which creates a clone of Database. The question is: how can I clone Stored Procedure for the database?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>

SET DATABASE TO oldatabase
>>>COPY PROCEDURE TO x.prg
><b>IF !EMPTY(FILETOSTR("x.prg"))</b>
>  >>SET DATABASE TO newdatabase
>  >>APPEND PROCEDURES FROM x.prg
><b>ENDIF</b>

>>
>>Trey,
>>
>>If Database doesn't contain Stored Procedure, would it still work or I need to add some check here?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.