stat-file
Purpose: Get information about a file.
stat-file <file> \
size | type | path | name \
to [ define ] <variable>
stat-file gets information about <file>, which is either the full path of a file or directory, or a name relative to the application home directory (see
how_vely_works).
Clause "size" will store file's size in bytes to <variable>, or it will be VV_ERR_FAILED (if operation failed, likely because file does not exist or you have no permissions to access it).
Clause "type" will store file's type to number <variable>, and it can be either VV_FILE (if it's a file) or VV_DIR (if it's a directory) or VV_ERR_FAILED (if operation failed, likely because file does not exist or you have no permissions to access it).
Clause "path" gets the fully resolved path of the <file> (including symbolic links), and "name" is the name (a basename, without the path). The results of both "path" and "name" clauses are
allocated memory. If path cannot be resolved, then <variable> is an empty string.
Examples
To get file size in variable "sz", which is created here:
stat-file "/home/user/file" size to define sz
To determine if the object is a file or a directory:
stat-file "/home/user/some_name" type to define what
if (what == VV_FILE) {
@It's a file!
} else if (what == VV_DIR) {
@It's a directory!
} else {
@Doesn't exist!
}
Get the fully resolved path of a file to string variable "fp", which is created here.
stat-file "../file" path to define fp
See also
Files (
close-file copy-file delete-file file-position file_storage file_uploading lock-file open-file read-file read-line rename-file stat-file temporary_file uniq-file unlock-file write-file )
SEE ALL (
documentation)