On 2017 Jan 27 08:16:22, you wrote to j b l:   
      
    NB> Hello j,   
      
    NB> On Thu Jan 26 2017 19:50:18, j b l wrote to All:   
      
    jl>> I have some FPC code, that isn't working the way it should.   
      
    jl>> if FileExists(fn+'.PK2') then shell('/usr/bin/mv '+fn+'.PK2   
    jl>> '+fn+'.MIX');   
      
    NB> Was this a typo? Or should the first instance of "fn" have a "+" before it   
    NB> as well?   
      
   no, not a typo... read the ""properly formatted""* routine like this   
      
      
     if FileExists(fn+'.PK2') then   
       shell('/usr/bin/mv ' + fn + '.PK2 ' + fn + '.MIX');   
      
      
   the pluses, in this case, are appending strings together...   
      
   i'd be interested in what the variable "fn" contains... i'd also be concerned   
   about that forced caps stuff with ".PK2" which may be lower case on some file   
   systems which may be case sensitive...   
      
      
      
   [* NOTE: formatting discussions/disagreements have resulted in some extremely   
   heated battles.]   
      
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