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fattrib

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This function was added in omp v1.1.0.2612 and will not work in earlier versions!

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This function starts with a lowercase letter.

Description​

Set the file attributes.

NameDescription
const filename[]The name of the file.
timestamp = 0Time of the last modification of the file. When this parameter is set to zero, the time stamp of the file is not changed.
attrib = 0x0FA bit mask with the new attributes of the file. When set to 0x0F, the attributes of the file are not changed.

Returns​

true on success, false on failure.

Examples​

// Change file modification time to 'Thu Mar 07 2024 06:28:15'
if (fattrib("file.txt", 1709792895))
{
    // Success
    print("File attributes was set.");
}
else
{
    // Error
    print("The file \"file.txt\" does not exists, or can't set the attributes.");
}

Notes​

tip
  • The time is in number of seconds since midnight at 1 January 1970: the start of the UNIX system epoch.
  • The file attributes are a bit mask.
  • The meaning of each bit depends on the underlying file system (e.g. FAT, NTFS, etx2 and others).
  • fopen: Open a file.
  • fclose: Close a file.
  • ftemp: Create a temporary file stream.
  • fremove: Remove a file.
  • fwrite: Write to a file.
  • fputchar: Put a character in a file.
  • fgetchar: Get a character from a file.
  • fblockwrite: Write blocks of data into a file.
  • fblockread: Read blocks of data from a file.
  • fseek: Jump to a specific character in a file.
  • flength: Get the file length.
  • fexist: Check, if a file exists.
  • fmatch: Check, if patterns with a file name matches.
  • ftell: Get the current position in the file.
  • fflush: Flush a file to disk (ensure all writes are complete).
  • fstat: Return the size and the timestamp of a file.
  • frename: Rename a file.
  • fcopy: Copy a file.
  • filecrc: Return the 32-bit CRC value of a file.
  • diskfree: Returns the free disk space.
  • fcreatedir: Create a directory.