>Hi everybody,
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>I have a free table BtCritss in Redp\Dbc\Jobs\MetaFiles directory. I created a clone of this table in Redp\DBC\Jobs directory called BtCritssArch and I added it to JobControl database, which is in the same Jobs directory.
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>Now I'm trying use BtCritss in command window. It gives me an error about backlink (first problem). I free the table and then I see no records. DBF() returns G:\REDP\DBC\JOBS\BTCRITSS.DBF
>However, there is no BtCritss table in this directory, only BtCritssArch. Do you think, that name is too long and VFP is getting confused?

Why did you get a backlink problem if it was free already???
What does JobControl have to do with this...is it expected to USE the table so that in the Command Window you only have to refer to it by alias? IF so, maybe JobControl is hard-coded to use the specific directory OR maybe JobControl doesn't do an EXACT search and so uses the first table that 'fits' the name given???

good luck

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>I'm using VFP6 SP4.
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>Thanks in advance.