Follow-up to my last message (below) I have also tried : staffpdfs=getattr(context, 'pdfs') in this case the pdf is uploaded to the container folder Anyone have any ideas ????? __________________________________________________________ I am trying to add a file to a localFS, but am having difficulties in referencing the localFS correctly : The script I am running is on the same level (ie in the same container) as my localFS called pdfs. have tried staffpdfs=context.pdfs ... staffpdfs.manage_addFile(CVFileName, CVFile, title) in this case the pdf is uploaded to the container folder and staffpdfs=container.pdfs ... staffpdfs.manage_addFile(CVFileName, CVFile, title) in this case the pdf is uploaded to the container folder and staffpdfs=container['pdfs'] ... staffpdfs.manage_addFile(CVFileName, CVFile, title) in this case the pdf is uploaded to the container folder and pdfs.manage_addFile(CVFileName, CVFile, title) which gives an error : NameError Error Value: global name 'pdfs' is not defined Must be doing something really silly, but am stumped. Can someone help me? TIA Marie