GetStat()

Description

GetStat() is used to retrieve status information about the indicated file.

Call Signature

string GetStat ( string filename )

Return Value

string

The information returned is formatted in a string constant. A blank string is returned if the file does not exit or an error occurs. See Remarks for more details.

Argument

string filename:

A string containing the relative or absolute path to a file, directory or device within the filesystem.

Remarks

The information returned is formatted in a string constant with information located in formatted fields. The string fields are organized as follows:

 Field 1 [1,1] - size 1 char
and one of:
  F (file) 
  D (directory) 
  V (device) 
  O (other)
 Field 2 [2,12] -  11 chars
  The file size in bytes - right justified

Other information is also appended about mode and access times, but this is not documented as it may be changed in the future.