From: not@this.address.invalid   
      
   On 17/04/2013 10:08 PM, foxidrive wrote:   
   > On 17/04/2013 9:35 PM, James Burden wrote:   
   >> I have a batch file that checks a folder to see if there is a file in   
   there. If it is then move it elsewhere.   
   >   
   > If this doesn't work then you may not have permissions over the files and   
   folders.   
      
   Try this to help prove where the issue is.  Adjust lines 2-4 with a copy of   
   the file and run it.   
      
   EDITED to replace typos.  Still untested.   
      
   @echo off   
   set "filename=[FILENAME].accdb"   
   set "source=\\[SERVERNAME]\[FOLDER1]\[FOLDER2]\[FOLDER3]\WORKING ON\"   
   set "target=\\[SERVERNAME]\[FOLDER1]\[FOLDER2]\"   
   if exist "%source%\%FILENAME%" echo yes file "%filename%" exists in source   
   if exist "%target%\%FILENAME%" del "%target%\%FILENAME%"   
   if exist "%target%\%FILENAME%" echo "%filename%" was not deleted from target   
   if not exist "%target%\%FILENAME%" copy /b "%source%\%FILENAME%"   
   "%target%\%FILENAME%"   
   if not exist "%target%\%FILENAME%" echo "%filename%" was not copied from source   
   del "%source%\%FILENAME%"   
   if exist "%source%\%FILENAME%" echo "%filename%" was not deleted from source   
      
      
      
      
      
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