FILEINFO Data Type

Describes a particular file by providing its attributes. 4Test defines this record data type as follows:

[-] type FILEINFO is record
	[ ] string sName
	[ ] boolean bIsDir
	[ ] number iSize
	[ ] integer iAttributes
	[ ] datetime dtLastModifyTime
	[ ] datetime dtCreationTime

Where:

sName is a string specifying the file name.
bIsDir is a boolean indicating whether the file is a true file or a directory.
iSize is an number specifying the file’s size.
iAttributes is an integer specifying the attributes of the file.
dtLastModifyTime is of the datetime data type and specifies the date and time that the file was last modified.
dtCreationTime is of the datetime data type and specifies the date and time that the file was created.

Attributes

The file attributes that you can determine with FILEINFO are:

FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ENCRYPTED
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_CONTENT_INDEXED
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OFFLINE
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE_FILE
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY

To determine a file attribute, you must use a binary AND comparison with the file attribute. If the comparison returns that same file attribute, then the attribute exists.