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I'm trying to determine whether a file exists in a folder and if so exit my batch file.
What I would like to do is pass the batch file a folder and a filename as separate arguments.
The filename will be something like: MyAccessDatabase.accdb
Then, in the batch file, I need to check to see whether there is a file in the folder passed as the 1st argument with a file extension of .laccdb, so I would be looking for the existence of: MyAccessDatabase.laccdb
If that file exists, I would like to display a message on screen for the user: "The application is already open or closed improperly. If the application is not running, contact Steve"
Then I want it to exit the batch file. If that file does not already exist, I want it to continue process the rest of the batch file
What I would like to do is pass the batch file a folder and a filename as separate arguments.
The filename will be something like: MyAccessDatabase.accdb
Then, in the batch file, I need to check to see whether there is a file in the folder passed as the 1st argument with a file extension of .laccdb, so I would be looking for the existence of: MyAccessDatabase.laccdb
If that file exists, I would like to display a message on screen for the user: "The application is already open or closed improperly. If the application is not running, contact Steve"
Then I want it to exit the batch file. If that file does not already exist, I want it to continue process the rest of the batch file
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