SYS(3) in FoxPro for UNIX Returns Filename Only

ID: Q114666

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft FoxPro for UNIX, version 2.6

In FoxPro version 2.6 for UNIX, the SYS(3) function returns a unique filename like it does in FoxPro for MS-DOS, Windows, and Macintosh. By contrast, FoxBASE+ for UNIX provides the entire path for that unique filename.

For example, suppose you are in a directory called /usr/tmp. In FoxBASE+ for UNIX, ?SYS(3) returns /usr/tmp/some_file_name. In FoxPro for UNIX, it returns some_file_name.

Additional reference words: FoxUnix 2.60 SYS temporary file KBCategory: kbprg KBSubcategory:

Last Reviewed: August 28, 1995