.FILE EXISTS

This subroutine is called to check if a file exists in the filesystem.

Usage:

    PASS        <exists?>                 FIELD           SHARE? Y
    PASS        <pathname>                FIELD           SHARE? N
    GOSUB   --- .FILE EXISTS
     *       check for errors
    IF      --- .FILE EXISTS              NE

Description:

This subroutine must be passed two fields. One to return a Y or N if the files exists or not and one defining the pathname to delete.

<exists?> identifies the field to return if the file exists or not. Passing this parameter is required.

<pathname> identifies the field that identifies the pathname to test. Passing this parameter is required.

This subroutine sets a result value in the corresponding results Token field.

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-- PeteBrower - 2011-08-12