GetFileAttribs

Description: This function returns information about the specified file.

Returns: Numeric

Usage: Script

Format: GetFileAttribs(FileName[, Mode] )

Parameters: FileName { text } { required } { no default }

Any text expression giving the name of the file.

Mode { Numeric } { Optional } { default: 0 }

Optional numeric value that controls what information is returned by this function.

Mode:

Function Returns:

File attributes in the form of a value set to the sum of the following values:

Timestamp showing the date modified

File access and status flags as follows:

0	File is locked or doesn’t exist.
1	Open access (file exists and isn’t open-locked.
2	Read access (bit 0 is always true if this is true).
3	Write access (bit 0 is always true if this is true).

Comments: This function returns a value which is the sum of the following attributes:

Example:

If Watch(0, newFile);

[

attribs = GetFileAttribs(Concat(MyPath, newFile));

]

The above statement will cause attribs to be set to the file attribute value of newFile every time its name changes.