get file attributes

File and Folder

get file attributes

Retrieve all the currently set attributes of a specified file.

Name	Description	Type	Modifier
file	Full path of target file.	String	None
variable	(Optional) Variable to receive the returned value(s). Possible returned values: Read-only: The file is read-only. Archive: The file is a candidate for backup or removal. Hidden: The file is hidden, and thus is not included in an ordinary directory listing. Normal: The file is a standard file that has no special attributes.	String	None

Name

Description

Type

Modifier

file

Full path of target file.

String

None

variable

(Optional) Variable to receive the returned value(s).

Possible returned values:

Read-only: The file is read-only.
Archive: The file is a candidate for backup or removal.
Hidden: The file is hidden, and thus is not included in an ordinary directory listing.
Normal: The file is a standard file that has no special attributes.

String

None

Return the currently set attributes of a specified file.

This action may be used within the following project items: test modules and user-defined actions.

The following settings are applicable to this action: remove double quotes from cells.

                                
                                    	file	variable
get file attributes	d:\Example.txt	s

Observe the following format for the file path:
- Windows platform: Use backward slashes as separators for the path.
- Linux platform: Use forward slashes as separators for the path. (Note that network paths are not supported)
Note that this built-in action is not currently supported on macOS or mobile platforms.
Multiple attribute values are delimited by commas in the returned string.
variable argument:
- If the variable in argument variable has not been declared, the action creates it as a global.
- If the variable argument is left empty, TestArchitect supplies a global variable with the name _result.
This action supports the <ignore> modifier. If the string <ignore> is present as the value of any of the arguments, or any argument contains an expression that evaluates to <ignore>, the action is skipped during execution.