diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 3bf50b4f07..6befca2472 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
    For example:
    2002-12-01 23:12 UTC+0100 Foo Bar <foo.bar@foobar.org>
 */
+  * tagged cvs with build38 and lifted cvs freeze
+
+2002-01-12 14:20 UTC+0300 Alexander Kresin <alex@belacy.belgorod.su>
+  * source/rdd/dbfntx/dbfntx1.c
+    ! bug fixed, reported by Ramon F. Jaquez
 
 2002-01-11 08:10 GMT-3 Luiz Rafael Culik <culik@sl.conex.net>
   * source/rdd/dbf1.c
diff --git a/harbour/source/rtl/spfiles.c b/harbour/source/rtl/spfiles.c
index a9c2e67f64..647c68a73c 100644
--- a/harbour/source/rtl/spfiles.c
+++ b/harbour/source/rtl/spfiles.c
@@ -118,42 +118,32 @@ FHANDLE hb_spOpen( BYTE * pFilename, USHORT uiFlags )
 
 FHANDLE hb_spCreate( BYTE * pFilename, USHORT uiAttr )
 {
+   BYTE path[ _POSIX_PATH_MAX + 1 ];
+   PHB_FNAME pFilepath = hb_fsFNameSplit( (char*) pFilename );
+
    HB_TRACE(HB_TR_DEBUG, ("hb_spCreate(%p, %hu)", pFilename, uiAttr));
 
-   if( ISCHAR( 1 ) )
-   {
-      BYTE path[ _POSIX_PATH_MAX + 1 ];
-      PHB_FNAME pFilepath = hb_fsFNameSplit( (char*) pFilename );
+   if( ! pFilepath->szPath && hb_set.HB_SET_DEFAULT )
+      pFilepath->szPath = hb_set.HB_SET_DEFAULT;
 
-      if( ! pFilepath->szPath && hb_set.HB_SET_DEFAULT )
-         pFilepath->szPath = hb_set.HB_SET_DEFAULT;
+   hb_fsFNameMerge( (char*) path, pFilepath );
+   hb_xfree( pFilepath );
 
-      hb_fsFNameMerge( (char*) path, pFilepath );
-      hb_xfree( pFilepath );
-
-      return hb_fsCreate( path, uiAttr );
-   }
-   else
-      return FS_ERROR;
+   return hb_fsCreate( path, uiAttr );
 }
 
 FHANDLE hb_spCreateEx( BYTE * pFilename, USHORT uiAttr, USHORT uiFlags )
 {
+   BYTE path[ _POSIX_PATH_MAX + 1 ];
+   PHB_FNAME pFilepath = hb_fsFNameSplit( (char*) pFilename );
+
    HB_TRACE(HB_TR_DEBUG, ("hb_spCreateEx(%p, %hu, %hu)", pFilename, uiAttr, uiFlags));
 
-   if( ISCHAR( 1 ) )
-   {
-      BYTE path[ _POSIX_PATH_MAX + 1 ];
-      PHB_FNAME pFilepath = hb_fsFNameSplit( (char*) pFilename );
+   if( ! pFilepath->szPath && hb_set.HB_SET_DEFAULT )
+      pFilepath->szPath = hb_set.HB_SET_DEFAULT;
 
-      if( ! pFilepath->szPath && hb_set.HB_SET_DEFAULT )
-         pFilepath->szPath = hb_set.HB_SET_DEFAULT;
+   hb_fsFNameMerge( (char*) path, pFilepath );
+   hb_xfree( pFilepath );
 
-      hb_fsFNameMerge( (char*) path, pFilepath );
-      hb_xfree( pFilepath );
-
-      return hb_fsCreateEx( path, uiAttr, uiFlags );
-   }
-   else
-      return FS_ERROR;
+   return hb_fsCreateEx( path, uiAttr, uiFlags );
 }