thanks, my eyes are bugging out from looking at this. The origional error is gone now I get an error on line 12

$e=WshPipe('%comspec% /c dir "$directory\$mask" /b $subdir',1)

Am I suppose to change the $e variable to something else? There is also an $element am I suppose to change that? The following is another kixstrip
code:
 ?"----- start-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?

?"-         1-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?  $directory='\\NAS1\DFS\SOFTWARE\APPLICATIONS\TEMPLATES'
?"-         2-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?  $destination='%appdata%\MICROSOFT\TEMPLATES'
?"-         3-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?  $templates=enumdir('$directory')
?"-         4-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?  FOR EACH $file IN $templates
?"-         5-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?        IF NOT EXIST('$destination\$file')
?"-         6-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?              COPY '$directory\$file' '$destination'
?"-         7-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?        ENDIF
?"-         8-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"? 
?"-         9-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?        FUNCTION Enumdir($directory, OPTIONAL $mask, OPTIONAL $subdir)
?"-        10-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?              IF $subdir   $subdir='/s'   
                                                                         ENDIF
?"-        11-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?              IF exist("$directory")
?"-        12-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?                    $e=WshPipe('%comspec% /c dir "$directory\$mask" /b $subdir',1)
?"-        13-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?                    FOR $element = 0 TO ubound($e)
?"-        14-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?                          $e[$element]=left($e[$element],len($e[$element])-1)
?"-        15-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?                    NEXT
?"-        16-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?                    $enumdir=$e
?"-        17-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?              ELSE
?"-        18-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?                    EXIT 1
?"-        19-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?              ENDIF
?"-        20-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"?        ENDFUNCTION

?"------- end-"+@time+"-"+$_debug_name+"- @error @serror"
             ? "-"
             ? "-"+LCASE(@day)+" "+@date+" "+@time+"- kixtart "+@kix+"/4.00e script ending"
             IF (Val(substr(@kix,1,1)) >= 4)
               IF (len(@scriptname) <> 0)
                 " ("+LCASE(@scriptname)+")"
               ENDIF
             ENDIF
             ? "-"
             IF RedirectOutput("CON")
             ENDIF
             COLOR C+/N
             ?
             ? "Informative KIX "+@kix+":"+" debug info see "+CHR(34)+$_debug_file+CHR(34)
             IF (Val(substr(@kix,1,1)) >= 4)
               IF (len(@scriptname) <> 0)
                 " ("+LCASE(@scriptname)+")"
               ENDIF
             ENDIF
             IF RedirectOutput($_debug_file)
             ENDIF
;($begin)
;
;                       thu 06-mar-2003 16:45:37       (kix 4.20 vs 4.00e)
;
;Informative KIXSTRIP:      input=20 output=20 skip=0
;
;Warning     KIXSTRIP:    1 error in block structure. missing statement(s).
;                           - do:until                 [0:0]
;                   -ERROR- - for|each:in|to:step|next [2|1:1|1:0|1]
;                           - function:endfunction     [1:1]
;                           - if:else:endif            [3:1:3]
;                           - select:case:endselect    [0:0:0]
;                           - while:loop               [0:0]
;Warning     KIXSTRIP: some lines contains errors or possible errors.
;Informative KIXSTRIP:    6 block_structures found.
;Informative KIXSTRIP:    1 UDF found.
;Informative KIXSTRIP:   no labels found.
;Summary     KIXSTRIP:      BREAK CALL DEBUG DISPLAY ENDFUNCTION EXECUTE EXIT FUNCTION GET GETS GOSUB GOTO OLExxx PLAY QUIT RETURN RUN SHELL SLEEP THEN USE
;Informative KIXSTRIP:    1 ENDFUNCTION
;Informative KIXSTRIP:    1 EXIT
;Informative KIXSTRIP:    1 FUNCTION
;
its also still saying an error on the same line, confusing, thanks again for the help

(MCA: edit code-tag)

[ 06. March 2003, 22:55: Message edited by: MCA ]