illustrates the FileAttributes enumeration

   

/*
Mastering Visual C# .NET
by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy

Publisher: Sybex;
ISBN: 0782129110
*/

 /*
  Example15_4.cs illustrates the FileAttributes enumeration
*/

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;

public class Example15_4 
{

  // the DecipherAttributes method turns file attributes
  // into something easier for people to read
  public static void DecipherAttributes(FileAttributes f) 
  {
    if ((f & FileAttributes.Archive) == FileAttributes.Archive)
      Console.WriteLine("Archive");
    if ((f & FileAttributes.Compressed) == FileAttributes.Compressed)
      Console.WriteLine("Compressed");
    if ((f & FileAttributes.Device) == FileAttributes.Device)
      Console.WriteLine("Device");
    if ((f & FileAttributes.Directory)   == FileAttributes.Directory)
      Console.WriteLine("Directory");
    if ((f & FileAttributes.Encrypted)  == FileAttributes.Encrypted)
      Console.WriteLine("Encrypted");
    if ((f & FileAttributes.Hidden)  == FileAttributes.Hidden)
      Console.WriteLine("Hidden");
    if ((f & FileAttributes.NotContentIndexed)  == FileAttributes.NotContentIndexed)
      Console.WriteLine("NotContentIndexed");
    if ((f & FileAttributes.Offline)  == FileAttributes.Offline)
      Console.WriteLine("Offline");
    if ((f & FileAttributes.ReadOnly)  == FileAttributes.ReadOnly)
      Console.WriteLine("ReadOnly");
    if ((f & FileAttributes.ReparsePoint)  == FileAttributes.ReparsePoint)
      Console.WriteLine("ReparsePoint");
    if ((f & FileAttributes.SparseFile)  == FileAttributes.SparseFile)
      Console.WriteLine("SparseFile");
    if ((f & FileAttributes.System)  == FileAttributes.System)
      Console.WriteLine("System");
    if ((f & FileAttributes.Temporary)  == FileAttributes.Temporary)
      Console.WriteLine("Temporary");
  }
    
    [STAThread]
  public static void Main() 
  {

    // create and show an open file dialog
    OpenFileDialog dlgOpen = new OpenFileDialog();
    if (dlgOpen.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
    {
      // retrieve and show the file attributes
      FileAttributes f = File.GetAttributes(dlgOpen.FileName);
      Console.WriteLine("Filename " + dlgOpen.FileName +
        " has attributes:");
      DecipherAttributes(f);
    }

  }

}