Hi again Javier::
  Javier Kohen,
  In a message on 29 July, you wrote to me :
JK>  RD> If you are using 'char *dirw' try 'char dirw[50]' or if you must
JK> 
JK> That should be: "char dirw[_MAX_PATH + 1]".
Ok, by me !
I was just referring to his old program snip from his earlier mail. 
And my reply had more to do with pointers & arrays than directories.
Bye
Rajesh
  
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