FileAttr$
File management function.
The FileAttr$ function retrieves the attributes of the specified file name.
Syntax
var$=FileAttr$(<filename>)
Parameters
<filename>: string, file name or directory name of the object whose attributes will be retrieved. UNC names are accepted (such as "\\serv\home\dir 1\as3.txt").
Return value
var$, string, contains the attributes of the object:
N
No attribute
D
directory
R
read only
H
hidden
A
archive
S
system
Remarks
If an error occurs at execution (object not found, ...), standard error management is used; if #IgnoreErrors=1, an empty string is returned in case of an error.
See also
Example
filename$="c:\program files\wintask\logs\untitled1.log"
attr$=FileAttr$(filename$)
msgbox(attr$)