>I was trying to clean it up some. This is the actual code. LX is the table. XP = "v:\dbf\dbfs\dbf" then the next section adds a date 0317, converted it reads "v:dbf\dbfs\dbf0317\rwall\lx"
>
>ImportFileLnsCurrent = xp + ALLTRIM(SUBSTR(DTOC(DATE()-1),1,2) + ;
> SUBSTR(DTOC(DATE()-1),4,2)) + "\rwall\lx"
>
>SELE 1
>USE lns_current
>Handle = -1
>DO WHILE Handle < 0
> Handle = FOPEN(ImportFileLnsCurrent + ".dbf",12)
> IF Handle > 0
> =FCLOSE(Handle)
> ZAP
> APPEND FROM &ImportFileLnsCurrent
> ELSE
> WAIT "Waiting for LX file to become available" WINDOW AT 30,1 TIMEOUT 5
> ENDIF
> =FCLOSE(Handle)
>ENDDO
>
>I have substituted "\\dev\backporch\imp_tabs\w52_lns" and it does not work. If I use "i:\imp_tabls\w52_lns" it works.

Todd,
What does ferror() return ?
Still I see typos (?) in paths and still believe you're passing wrong path info to fopen().
Cetin