VBScript Property: File.Attributes

Property: File.Attributes

object.Attributes [ = newattributes]

This property allows us to get or change the various attributes of a file. The available attribute values are listed below.

Name	Value	Description	Read/Write attribute
Normal	0	Normal file	Read/write
ReadOnly	1	Read-only file	Read only
Hidden	2	Hidden file	Read/write
System	4	System file	Read/write
Volume	8	Disk drive volume label	Read only
Directory	16	Folder or directory	Read-only
Archive	32	File has changed since last backup	Read/write
Alias	64	Link or shortcut	Read-only
Compressed	2048	Compressed file	Read-only

The following code shows how to check if a file is read/write or read-only. As you can see, logical operators are used to get or change the various attributes.

Code:
<%
dim filesys, text, readfile
set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set text = filesys.CreateTextFile("c:\somefile2.txt")
text.Write "A simple test to find if this file is writeable."
text.close
set readfile = filesys.GetFile("c:\somefile2.txt")
If Not readfile.Attributes And 1 Then
Response.Write "The file is Read/Write."
Else
Response.Write "The file is Read-only."
End If
%>

Output:
"The file is Read/Write."