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# GetAttr Function

Returns a bit pattern that identifies the file type or the name of a volume or a directory.

## Sintakse:

    GetAttr (Teksts As String)

## Atgrieztā vērtība:

Vesels skaitlis

## Parametri:

Text: Any string expression that contains an unambiguous file specification. You can also use URL notation.

This function determines the attributes for a specified file and returns the bit pattern that can help you to identify the following file attributes:

### Error codes:

5 Nederīgs procedūras izsaukums

53 Datne nav atrasta

## Vērtība

Named constant | Value | Definition
--- | --- | ---
ATTR_NORMAL | 0 | Normal files.
ATTR_READONLY | 1 | Read-only files.
ATTR_HIDDEN | 2 | Hidden file
ATTR_SYSTEM | 4 | System file
ATTR_VOLUME | 8 | Returns the name of the volume
ATTR_DIRECTORY | 16 | Returns the name of the directory only.
ATTR_ARCHIVE | 32 | File was changed since last backup (Archive bit).

If you want to know if a bit of the attribute byte is set, use the following query method:

## Piemērs:

    Sub ExampleSetGetAttr
    On Error GoTo ErrorHandler ' Define target for error handler
     If Dir("C:\test",16)="" Then MkDir "C:\test"
     If Dir("C:\test\autoexec.sav")="" Then FileCopy "c:\autoexec.bat", "c:\test\autoexec.sav"
     SetAttr "c:\test\autoexec.sav" ,0
     FileCopy "c:\autoexec.bat", "c:\test\autoexec.sav"
     SetAttr "c:\test\autoexec.sav" ,1
     Print GetAttr( "c:\test\autoexec.sav" )
     End
    ErrorHandler:
     Print Error
     End
    End Sub

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