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Function name : GetFileAttributes

Group: File Management - Library: kernel32

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Retrieves attributes for a specified file or directory.

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Code examples:

How to test file attributes (key method for FileExists and DirectoryExists routines)
Changing file attributes

Declaration:

DWORD GetFileAttributes(
  LPCTSTR lpFileName   // name of file or directory
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetFileAttributes IN kernel32;
	STRING lpFileName  

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Parameters:

lpFileName [in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the name of a file or directory.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value contains the attributes of the specified file or directory.

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Comments:

This function can be used for testing an access to a directory -- a key-turn DirectoryExists function.

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