Both should work:
copy FILE "c:\program files\palm\" +whatdir + "\tracer\tracer.txt" TO c:\tracer.txt
copy FILE "c:\program files\palm\&whatdir\tracer\tracer.txt" TO c:\tracer.txt
>Can someone see a work around for this? VFP does not like the 2 word dir name such as program files
>This does not work
>copy FILE c:\program files\palm\&whatdir\tracer\tracer.txt TO c:\tracer.txt
>but this does:
>copy FILE c:\pts\palm\&whatdir\tracer\tracer.txt TO c:\tracer.txt
>
>Thanks
Mark McCasland
Midlothian, TX USA