I am curious how they created a file name with a preceeding space.
It is not possible at least in Windows NT where I am this moment.

>Manually. I had a problem like this where I was receiving files from a client with a space as the first character. The only way I found to fix the name was to manually remove the space through Windows Explorer Rename. I could not open the file from VFP but I didn't really try beyond the first error message. You could try ERASE ( filename with space.txt). Include the parenthesis.
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>I beleive that a file with a preceeding space is actually an illegal windows filename but Windows allows manipulation through the explorer.
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>By the way, does your company offer offsite backup services?
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>>How can I rename a file with a space in it? Is there a function that will do this, or will I have to delete the file and create a new one?