Function FAttr() | Xbase++ | Alaska Software

Retrieves or modifies file attributes.

FAttr( <cFileName>, [<cAttribute>] ) --> cFileAttributes

<cFilename> is a character string containing the name of a file including the drive and path if necessary.

<cAttribute> is a character string describing the attributes to be set for a file. To specify the file attributes, the passed string must contain one or more of the characters listed for the return value. The character "D", however, cannot be used for <cAttribute>.

To remove a file attribute, the corresponding character must be prefixed with a minus sign.

The function returns a string containing the attributes set for a file. Each character in the returned string represents one file attribute according to the following table.

Attribute	Meaning	Description
D	Directory	File is a directory
H	Hidden	Hidden file
S	System	File is part of the operating system
R	Read-only	File cannot be overwritten
A	Archive	File will be included in backups
N	Normal *)	File has no other attibutes
C	Compressed *)	File is stored compressed
applies to Windows platforms only

The function can be used to retrieve the current attributes of a file or to modify these.

Setting file attributes

// The example demonstrates how to set and remove 
// file attributes 

#include "Directry.ch" 

PROCDURE Main 
   LOCAL aDir := Directory( "*.*" ) 

   // Setting file attributes 
   AEval( aDir, {|a| FAttr( a[F_NAME], "R" ) } ) 

   WAIT "Read-only attribute set" 

   AEval( aDir, {|a| FAttr( a[F_NAME], "+H" ) } ) 

   WAIT "Hidden attribute set" 

   // Removing file attributes 
   AEval( aDir, {|a| FAttr( a[F_NAME], "-R-H" ) } ) 

   WAIT "Attributes removed" 
RETURN

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