SET SAFETY

Purpose

Determine whether existing files are overwritten without prompting for confirmation

Syntax

SET SAFETY ON | OFF | (<expL>)

See Also

COPY, CREATE, ERASE, JOIN, PACK, REINDEX, SET DIALOG, SET MESSAGE, SET VERIFY, SORT, TOTAL, ZAP

Description

If SET SAFETY is ON, the user is asked whether the file should be overwritten before performing the operation. By default, SAFETY is ON

Example

use patrons
copy to orders
Orders.dbf already exists.  Overwrite it?  (Y/N)

Products

Recital