VFS.Metadata object

 

 

Prototype for VFS.Metadata objects.

Syntax

You cannot create VFS.Metadata objects currently.

You can obtain metadata for file system objects from folder comparisons this way:

var folder_item;
var metadata  = folder_item.metadata.left;    // metadata for left object

Parameters

none.

Property Of

none.

Implemented In

ECMerge 2.1

Description

 VFS.Metadata objects give information about the file system object to which they are associated.

Properties

NB: all the properties except 'error_state' and 'present' here may be 'undefined', when the underlying file system does not give the information.

Property	Description
compressed	Boolean. True if the file is compressed at its individual levl on the file system.
error_state	String. String describing if there is an error for this item.
file	Boolean. True if the object was determined to be a file.
folder	Boolean. True if the object was determined to be a folder.
hidden	Boolean. True if the object has the hidden flag
last_update	Date. Last date of modification
name	String. Name of the file system object within its container
present	Boolean. True if the object is actually here
size	Integer. Size in bytes of the file system object
to_archive	Boolean. True if the 'to archive' flag is set for this item
unix_modes	Integer. Usual Unix flags as in chmod

 

Methods

 none.

Examples

Example 1.

This sample dumps the metadata about the root item of current frame (which must be a folder document):

var folder_document = current_frame.coordinator.document;
var item = folder_document.root;
dump_metadata (item.metadata.left)

function dump_metadata (metadata)
{
    var metadata_array = [];
    for (var metadaton in metadata)
        metadata_array.push (metadaton + ":" + metadata[metadaton]);
  
    return metadata_array.join (", ");
}

See Also 

FolderDocument object