GetAttr Function

Returns a bit pattern that identifies the file type or the name of a volume or a directory.

Syntax:


GetAttr (Text As String)

Return value:

Integer

Parameters:

Text: Any string expression that contains an unambiguous file specification. You can also use URL notation.

This function determines the attributes for a specified file and returns the bit pattern that can help you to identify the following file attributes:

Error codes:

5 Invalid procedure call

53 File not found

Value

Named constant	Value	Definition
ATTR_NORMAL	0	Normal files.
ATTR_READONLY	1	Read-only files.
ATTR_HIDDEN	2	Hidden file
ATTR_SYSTEM	4	System file
ATTR_VOLUME	8	Returns the name of the volume
ATTR_DIRECTORY	16	Returns the name of the directory only.
ATTR_ARCHIVE	32	File was changed since last backup (Archive bit).

If you want to know if a bit of the attribute byte is set, use the following query method:

Example:


Sub ExampleSetGetAttr
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler ' Define target for error handler
 If Dir("C:\test",16)="" Then MkDir "C:\test"
 If Dir("C:\test\autoexec.sav")="" Then FileCopy "c:\autoexec.bat", "c:\test\autoexec.sav"
 SetAttr "c:\test\autoexec.sav" ,0
 FileCopy "c:\autoexec.bat", "c:\test\autoexec.sav"
 SetAttr "c:\test\autoexec.sav" ,1
 Print GetAttr( "c:\test\autoexec.sav" )
 End
ErrorHandler:
 Print Error
 End
End Sub