Do you have your VFP settings set to create backups of modified files? Change the setting, exit VFP, restart VFP and try it again.
Tracy
>Thanks for the idea - I'll give it a try.
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>I should have explained - this isn't a case of someone else having the files open, since I'm sure no else does. IT has checked on that. It also only happens when I issue the command 'modi file ?'. Specifying the path and filename in the command works every time. So this seems at root to be a Novell\Fox problem...
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>There were some previous threads here about a problem with 'use ?' on Novell networks, but this command is working fine for me.
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>Dan
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