PATH.GetFileInfo |
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info = PATH.GetFileInfo( path AS STRING, info-item AS INTEGER ) AS VARIANT
Returns information about the supplied file. The result type depends on the information requested. Dates returns as strings, the size as number of bytes as REAL, file attributes as INTEGER and the full name as STRING.
The following info-item constants have been defined in MyBASIC2_ExtLib.BIS.
GetFileInfo Information Items
CONST EL_FI_CreateDate = 1 ' Returns STRING CONST EL_FI_ModifiedDate = 2 ' Returns STRING CONST EL_FI_AccessDate = 3 ' Returns STRING CONST EL_FI_FileSize = 4 ' Returns REAL CONST EL_FI_Attributes = 5 ' Returns INTEGER CONST EL_FI_FullName = 6 ' Returns STRING
File Attributes. Can be OR'ed for multiple attributes
CONST EL_FA_normal = 0x00000000 CONST EL_FA_readOnly = 0x00000001 CONST EL_FA_hidden = 0x00000002 CONST EL_FA_system = 0x00000004 CONST EL_FA_volume = 0x00000008 CONST EL_FA_directory = 0x00000010 CONST EL_FA_archive = 0x00000020 CONST EL_FA_temporary = 0x00000100 CONST EL_FA_sparse = 0x00000200 CONST EL_FA_reparsePoint = 0x00000400 CONST EL_FA_compressed = 0x00000800 CONST EL_FA_offline = 0x00001000 CONST EL_FA_notIndexed = 0x00002000
Example:
CONST cFileName = "e:\codetemplates\manual.txt" CONST cTempName = "e:\codetemplates\manual_temp.txt"
IF FILEEXISTS( cFileName ) THEN IF PATH.GetFileInfo( cFileName, EL_FI_FileSize ) = 0 THEN PRINT "ERROR, Input File Size = 0. Nothing to process.", STOP ENDIF
PRINT "File Name: ";PATH.GetFileInfo( cFileName, EL_FI_FullName ), PRINT "File Created: ";PATH.GetFileInfo( cFileName, EL_FI_CreateDate ), PRINT "File Modified: ";PATH.GetFileInfo( cFileName, EL_FI_ModifiedDate ), PRINT "File Accessed: ";PATH.GetFileInfo( cFileName, EL_FI_AccessDate ), PRINT "File Size: ";PATH.GetFileInfo( cFileName, EL_FI_FileSize )/1024;"KB", PRINT "File Attributes: ";HEX( PATH.GetFileInfo( cFileName, EL_FI_Attributes ) ),
IF FILEEXISTS( cTempName ) THEN KILL cTempName ENDIF
NAME cFileName AS cTempName ENDIF
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