PFileInfo Class Reference

Class containing the system information on a file path. More...

#include <pdirect.h>

Inheritance diagram for PFileInfo:

List of all members.

Public Types
enum	FileTypes {   RegularFile = 1, SymbolicLink = 2, SubDirectory = 4, CharDevice = 8,   BlockDevice = 16, Fifo = 32, SocketDevice = 64, UnknownFileType = 256,   AllFiles = 0x1ff }
	All types that a particular file path may be. More...
enum	Permissions {   WorldExecute = 1, WorldWrite = 2, WorldRead = 4, GroupExecute = 8,   GroupWrite = 16, GroupRead = 32, UserExecute = 64, UserWrite = 128,   UserRead = 256, AllPermissions = 0x1ff, DefaultPerms = UserRead|UserWrite|GroupRead|WorldRead, DefaultDirPerms = DefaultPerms|UserExecute|GroupExecute|WorldExecute }
	File access permissions for the file. More...
Public Attributes
FileTypes	type
	File type for this file. Only one bit is set at a time here.
PTime	created
	Time of file creation of the file.
PTime	modified
	Time of last modifiaction of the file.
PTime	accessed
	Time of last access to the file.
PUInt64	size
	Size of the file in bytes.
int	permissions
	A bit mask of all the file acces permissions.
PBoolean	hidden
	File is a hidden file.

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Detailed Description

Class containing the system information on a file path.

Information can be obtained on any directory entry event if it is not a "file" in the strictest sense. Sub-directories, devices etc may also have information retrieved.

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Member Enumeration Documentation

enum PFileInfo::FileTypes

All types that a particular file path may be.

Not all platforms support all of the file types. For example under DOS no file may be of the type SymbolicLink.

Enumerator:

RegularFile	Ordinary disk file.
SymbolicLink	File path is a symbolic link.
SubDirectory	File path is a sub-directory.
CharDevice	File path is a character device name.
BlockDevice	File path is a block device name.
Fifo	File path is a fifo (pipe) device.
SocketDevice	File path is a socket device.
UnknownFileType	File path is of an unknown type.
AllFiles	Mask for all file types.

enum PFileInfo::Permissions

File access permissions for the file.

Enumerator:

WorldExecute	File has world execute permission.
WorldWrite	File has world write permission.
WorldRead	File has world read permission.
GroupExecute	File has group execute permission.
GroupWrite	File has group write permission.
GroupRead	File has group read permission.
UserExecute	File has owner execute permission.
UserWrite	File has owner write permission.
UserRead	File has owner read permission.
AllPermissions	All possible permissions.
DefaultPerms	Owner read & write plus group and world read permissions.
DefaultDirPerms	Owner read & write & execute plus group and world read & exectute permissions.

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Member Data Documentation

PTime PFileInfo::accessed

Time of last access to the file.

Not all platforms support a separate access time in which case the last modified time is returned.

PTime PFileInfo::created

Time of file creation of the file.

Not all platforms support a separate creation time in which case the last modified time is returned.

PBoolean PFileInfo::hidden

File is a hidden file.

What constitutes a hidden file is platform dependent, for example under unix it is a file beginning with a '.' character while under MS-DOS there is a file system attribute for it.

PTime PFileInfo::modified

Time of last modifiaction of the file.

int PFileInfo::permissions

A bit mask of all the file acces permissions.

See the Permissions enum# for the possible bit values.

Not all platforms support all permissions.

PUInt64 PFileInfo::size

Size of the file in bytes.

This is a quadword or 8 byte value to allow for files greater than 4 gigabytes.

FileTypes PFileInfo::type

File type for this file. Only one bit is set at a time here.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• pdirect.h