Hi Susan,

OK - here's the command you need to use to compare the two sets of files. First, make sure that your current directory is the original file set. The carefully type:
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for %a in (*.*) do fc /b %a c:\test1\%a >>c:\x.txt

You'll see the computer do a binary file compare for each file in the directory. When it finishes type:
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notepad c:\x.txt

to see the results of the comparisons. They should all look something like:
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Comparing files glfrstim.xls and \TEST1\GLFRSTIM.XLS
FC: no differences encountered

Comparing files GLFSET'1.sam and \TEST1\GLFSET'1.SAM
FC: no differences encountered

Comparing files GLFSET'2.sam and \TEST1\GLFSET'2.SAM
FC: no differences encountered

Comparing files GLFSET'R.sam and \TEST1\GLFSET'R.SAM
FC: no differences encountered

unless there is a difference in which case you might see something like:
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Comparing files GLGLOB.SAM and \TEST1\GLGLOB.SAM
00000002: 09 03
Comparing files GLGROUP.sam and \TEST1\GLGROUP.SAM
FC: no differences encountered

which highlights a difference between two bytes in the file. Since all you've done is copy data files around the network, there should be any differences between the copied files and the reference set.

OK?
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Andrew Bates