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30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">GetAttr Function [Runtime]</title>
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34<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
35<lastedited date="2004-09-01T15:28:56">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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40<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150984"><bookmark_value>GetAttr function</bookmark_value>
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42<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150984" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020409.xhp" name="GetAttr Function [Runtime]">GetAttr Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154347" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns a bit pattern that identifies the file type or the name of a volume or a directory.</paragraph>
44</section>
45<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149457" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
46<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150359" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">GetAttr (Text As String)</paragraph>
47<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151211" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154909" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Integer</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145172" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151042" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">
51<emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression that contains an unambiguous file specification. You can also use <link href="text/sbasic/shared/00000002.xhp" name="URL notation">URL notation</link>.</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3161831" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">This function determines the attributes for a specified file and returns the bit pattern that can help you to identify the following file attributes:</paragraph>
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56<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145364" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="10">Value</paragraph>
57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">0 : Normal files.</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147434" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">1 : Read-only files.</paragraph>
59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159154" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">8 : Returns the name of the volume</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145271" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">16 : Returns the name of the directory only.</paragraph>
61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153953" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">32 : File was changed since last backup (Archive bit).</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156444" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">If you want to know if a bit of the attribute byte is set, use the following query method:</paragraph>
63<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153094" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="19">Example:</paragraph>
64<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154491" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Sub ExampleSetGetAttr</paragraph>
65<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155415" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">On Error Goto ErrorHandler REM Define target for error-handler</paragraph>
66<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154944" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">If Dir("C:\test",16)="" Then MkDir "C:\test"</paragraph>
67<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3151075" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">If Dir("C:\test\autoexec.sav")="" THEN Filecopy "c:\autoexec.bat", "c:\test\autoexec.sav"</paragraph>
68<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149959" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">SetAttr "c:\test\autoexec.sav" ,0</paragraph>
69<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153418" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Filecopy "c:\autoexec.bat", "c:\test\autoexec.sav"</paragraph>
70<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149122" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">SetAttr "c:\test\autoexec.sav" ,1</paragraph>
71<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154480" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">print GetAttr( "c:\test\autoexec.sav" )</paragraph>
72<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150753" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">end</paragraph>
73<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150323" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">ErrorHandler:</paragraph>
74<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154754" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">Print Error</paragraph>
75<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155764" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">end</paragraph>
76<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3156382" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">end sub</paragraph>
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