You can use ADIR() function instead.

DIMENSION laList[1]
= ADIR(laList, "c:\data\perfmeas\dbf" + MvTmp + "\*.*")

>I am having problems passing a variable through the run command to DOS. I am listing small example of what I am trying to do. The following statement works without any problems
>
>MvTmp = "0531"
>!"dir c:\data\perfmeas\dbf" + MvTmp + "\*.* > tmp.txt"
>
>The problem is when the memory variable is before the dbf. So this works ...\dbf" + MvTmp..., but I cannot figure out how to get this to work ...MvTmp + "dbf\*.*...
>
>Thanks
>Todd