>I have a foxpro 2.5b application that uses the Sys(3) function to create temporary databases and
>text files. When I create an updated version of the exe file and place it into an existing application's
>directory, I get error messages that a temp file, ex 54909706.txt, already exists. When this happens,
>there are no previous temp files in the directory and I can see this new file in the directory
>because the application just created it. Is there anyway that the Foxpro ESL library file is
>storing this number twice when trying to assign a unique one?


You should be using CREATE CURSOR or SQL SELECTs to create temp files. When you close the cursor, the temp file is erased.

Craig