| Function group | Execute on client | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|
| FileOps | NO | All |
FileOps.$getfileinfo(cPath,iInformation)
Returns a list of file information for the file named cPath. Pathnames can be over 255 characters, which was the limit in Studio 8.0.1 or earlier.
You specify the information to be returned by passing iInfoFlags as a combination of the kFileOpsInfo... constants listed in the following table. If you omit iInfoFlags, only the name is returned. The returned list contains a column for each kFileOpsInfo... constant you specify. The columns you specify occur in the same order as the table.
| Col name | info flags constant | description |
|---|---|---|
| name | kFileOpsInfoName | name of the file |
| name83 | kFileOpsInfoName83 | DOS 8.3 name of the file |
| fullname | kFileOpsInfoFullName | full pathname of the file |
| readonly | kFileOpsInfoReadOnly | file's read-only status |
| hidden | kFileOpsInfoHidden | file's hidden status |
| size | kFileOpsInfoSize | logical size of file |
| actualsize | kFileOpsInfoActualSize | physical size of file on disk; same as logical size under Windows and Unix |
| created | kFileOpsInfoCreated | date and time the file was created |
| modified | kFileOpsInfoModified | date and time the file was modified |
| creator | kFileOpsInfoCreatorCode | the file's creator under macOS, blank under Windows and Unix |
| type | kFileOpsInfoTypeCode | the file's type under macOS, the file extension under Windows and Unix |
| linkedname | kFileOpsInfoLinkedName | macOS: the path of the linked file (if any) Windows: the path of the shortcut target (if any) Unix: the path of the symbolic link target (if any) |
| isdirectory | kFileOpsInfoIsDirectory | if the path specified points to a directory |
| calcdirectorysize | kFileOpsInfoCalcDirectorySize | the size in bytes of the directory on the file system |
The function returns an empty list if an error occurs: see the FileOps function error codes.
The FileOps object supports 64-bit integers for file sizes and for offsets, etc in files.
Do sys(10) Returns lPath
# returns the name and path of the current library
Do FileOps.$getfileinfo(lPath,kFileOpsInfoName+kFileOpsInfoSize+kFileOpsInfoCreated) Returns lFileList
# returns the name, size, creation date and time of the current library
Do lFileList.$redefine(lFilename,lSize,lCreated)
Do lst(lFileList,1,lSize) Returns lSize
# returns the value in the size column