Ben Cartwright wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I know how to "walk" a folder/directory using Python, but I'd like to
> > check the archive bit for each file. Can anyone make suggestions on
> > how I might do this? Thanks.
>
>
> Since the archive bit is Windows-specific, your first place to check is
> Mark Hammond's Python for Windows Extensions (aka win32all). It's a
> quick and painless install; grab it here:
> http://python.net/crew/skippy/win32/
>
> Once you have that installed, look in the PyWin32.chm help file for the
> function calls you need. If the documentation is too sparse, check
> MSDN or google it.
>
> For what you're trying to do:
>
> import win32file
> import win32con
>
> def togglefileattribute(filename, fileattribute, value):
> """Turn a specific file attribute on or off, leaving the other
> attributes intact.
> """
> bitvector = win32file.GetFileAttributes(filename)
> if value:
> bitvector |= fileattribute
> else:
> bitvector &= ~fileattribute
> win32file.SetFileAttributes(filename, bitvector)
>
> # Sample usage:
> togglefileattribute('foo.txt', win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE, True)
Or to just check the value of the bit:
def fileattributeisset(filename, fileattr):
return bool(win32file.GetFileAttributes(filename) & fileattr)
print fileattributeisset('foo.txt', win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE)
--Ben
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