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GetFAttr

Get file attributes

Declaration

Source position: dosh.inc line 105

procedure GetFAttr(

  var f;

  var attr: Word

);

Description

GetFAttr returns the file attributes of the file-variable f. F can be a untyped or typed file, or of type Text. f must have been assigned, but not opened. The attributes can be examined with the following constants :

Under linux, supported attributes are:

Errors

Errors are reported in DosError

See also

SetFAttr

  

Set file attributes

Example

Program Example8;
uses Dos;

{ Program to demonstrate the GetFAttr function. }

var
  Attr : Word;
  f    : File;
begin
  Assign(f,ParamStr(1));
  GetFAttr(f,Attr);
  WriteLn('File ',ParamStr(1),' has attribute ',Attr);
  if (Attr and archive)<>0 then WriteLn('- Archive');
  if (Attr and directory)<>0 then WriteLn('- Directory');
  if (Attr and readonly)<>0 then WriteLn('- Read-Only');
  if (Attr and sysfile)<>0 then WriteLn('- System');
  if (Attr and hidden)<>0 then WriteLn('- Hidden');
end.

Documentation generated on: Nov 16 2015