Thanks I'll give it a try

>>Dear All
>>
>>This is urgent and driving me crazy. The following code
>>
>>

>>	SELECT (m.zsavesele1)
>>
>>	SCAN FOR &ztransfld. = &zourfield.
>>		IF FILE("sprs\" + m.zscrname + ".spr")
>>			DO deleteothers IN (m.zscrname + ".spr")
>>		ENDIF
>>		
>>		
>>		SELECT (m.zsavesele1)
>>		
>>		DELETE
>>	ENDSCAN
>>

>>
>>
>>The IF FILE() works on a PIII 550 W2K Machine and fails
>>on a 486 12MB RAM W98 machine. I tried relative path
>>as specified above as well as IF FILE(m.zscrname + ".spr")
>>but none of them work on the W98 machine
>
>I find it best to provide a full path to a file -- it eliminates ambiguity.
>
>In particular, the setting of SET PATH can provide VFP with alternate paths to find the file -- sometimes where you don't want them!
>
>I'd do the following sandwich around the code and hopefully this will provide consistent results between the two environments:
>
>

>LOCAL   lcOldPath
>lcOldPath = SET ("PATH")
>SET PATH TO
>
>&&    Code
>
>SET PATH TO &lcOldPath
>

>
>
>Jay