file_attributes

You can use this function to check the attributes of a given file. You can add up the following constants to see the type of files you want:

Constant Description
fa_readonly Read-only files
fa_hidden Hidden files
fa_sysfile System files
fa_volumeid Volume-id files
fa_directory Directories
fa_archive Archived files

NOTE: This is a Windows only function.

 

Syntax:

file_attributes(fname, attr);

Argument Type Description
fname String The name of the file to check.
attr File Attribute Constant The attributes to check for.

 

Returns:

Boolean

 

Example:

if !file_attributes(file, fa_hidden)
{
    file_delete(file);
}

This would check a file to see if it is hidden or not, and if not it is deleted.