Hi Chris,

You can use GetLongPathName WIN API function to convert short path name into long.

DECLARE INTEGER GetLongPathName IN Kernel32 ;
  STRING lpszShortPath,  STRING @lpszLongPath, INTEGER @cchBuffer
lcShortPath = FULLPATH("")
lcBuffer = SPACE(256)
lnBuffLen = 256
= GetLongPathName(lcShortPath, @lcBuffer, lnBuffLen ) > 0
lcLongPath = LEFT(lcBuffer, AT(CHR(0), lcBuffer)-1)

>I realize this is a rather novice question and something I should know, but...
>
>CD 'c:\really long path name'
>FULLPATH( '' ) returns 'c:\really long path name\'
>
>CD 'c:\really~1'
>FULLPATH( '' ) returns 'c:\really~1\'
>
>I've also tried SYS(2003) with the same results.
>
>I need to get the full (long) path irregardless of how the current directory was set, and I'm sure there's some really simple way of going about it.