Scripting Runtime Library

GetFile Method

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Returns a File object corresponding to the file in a specified path.


object.GetFile(filespec)

Arguments

object: Required. Always the name of a FileSystemObject.

filespec: Required. The filespec is the path (absolute or relative) to a specific file.

Remarks

An error occurs if the specified file does not exist. The GetFile method does not support the use of wildcard characters, such as ? or *.

The following example illustrates the use of the GetFile method.

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function ShowFileAccessInfo(filespec) { var fso, f, s; fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"); f = fso.GetFile(filespec); s = f.Path.toUpperCase() + "<br>"; s += "Created: " + f.DateCreated + "<br>"; s += "Last Accessed: " + f.DateLastAccessed + "<br>"; s += "Last Modified: " + f.DateLastModified return(s); }

JScript

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function ShowFileAccessInfo(filespec)
{
   var fso, f, s;
   fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
   f = fso.GetFile(filespec);
   s = f.Path.toUpperCase() + "<br>";
   s += "Created: " + f.DateCreated + "<br>";
   s += "Last Accessed: " + f.DateLastAccessed + "<br>";
   s += "Last Modified: " + f.DateLastModified   
   return(s);
}

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Function ShowFileAccessInfo(filespec) Dim fso, f, s Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set f = fso.GetFile(filespec) s = f.Path & "<br>" s = s & "Created: " & f.DateCreated & "<br>" s = s & "Last Accessed: " & f.DateLastAccessed & "<br>" s = s & "Last Modified: " & f.DateLastModified ShowFileAccessInfo = s End Function

Visual Basic Script

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Function ShowFileAccessInfo(filespec)
   Dim fso, f, s
   Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   Set f = fso.GetFile(filespec)
   s = f.Path & "<br>"
   s = s & "Created: " & f.DateCreated & "<br>"
   s = s & "Last Accessed: " & f.DateLastAccessed & "<br>"
   s = s & "Last Modified: " & f.DateLastModified   
   ShowFileAccessInfo = s
End Function

Applies To:

FileSystemObject Object

Arguments

Remarks

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