The File I/O API > The file I/O API > DWfile.getAttributes() |
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Availability
Dreamweaver 2.0
Description
Gets the attributes of the specified file or folder.
Arguments
fileURL
The argument is the file or folder for which you want to get attributes, expressed as a file:// URL.
Returns
A string representing the attributes of the specified file or folder, or null
if the file or folder does not exist. Characters in the string represent the attributes as follows:
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R is read only. |
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D is folder (directory). |
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H is hidden. |
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S is system file or folder. |
Example
The following code gets the attributes of the file mydata.txt and displays an alert box if the file is read only.
var URL = "file:///c|/temp/mydata.txt"; var str = DWfile.getAttributes(URL); if (str && (str.indexOf("R") != -1)){ alert(URL + " is read only!"); }
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