identify existence of an ascii file in a directory

[Kenneth Brody]

Dennis Malen wrote:
[...]
> Question: How can I determine that the file does or does not exist. Important
> point: This should not be visual as the processing has to be able to tell if
> its there and do its job. It must be automated and part of the processing.
[...]

Use the EXISTS() function.

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