Hi Jos,

Yes, you (and Mike) are right, and I am wrong. I seem to remember that there are (or were?) certain situations where DIRECTORY() gives a wrong answer, but I can not remember which. I believe DIRECTORY() did not accept UNC names in VFP6.0 and earlier versions.

Personally I have been so used to and fond of ADIR() that I always use it whenever possible.

>>Mike,
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>>I'll explain. If you have a DIRECTORY called xxx, DIRECTORY('xxx') will return .T. which you want. However, If you have a FILE called xxx, DIRECTORY('xxx') will ALSO return .T. which you do NOT want.
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>I dont see this behaviour at all. WXP/VFP8. A file named "xxx" does not cause DIRCTORY("xxx") to return .T. for me.