The ASP File object is used to access a specified file on a computer. The File object has properties and methods that you to access the file. First, create an instance of the FileSystemObject object and then instantiate the File object through the GetFile method. File object properties and methods are as follows:

Properties

Property	Description
Attributes	Sets or returns the attributes of the specified file.
DateCreated	Returns the date and time that the specified file was created.
DateLastAccessed	Returns the date and time that the specified file was last accessed.
DateLastModified	Returns the date and time that the specified file was last modified.
Drive	Returns the drive letter of the drive on which the specified file or folder resides.
Name	Sets or returns the name of the specified file.
ParentFolder	Returns the Folder object for the parent folder of the specified file.
Path	Returns the absolute path of the specified file.
ShortName	Rreturns the 8.3 name of the file name.
ShortPath	Returns the 8.3 name of the absolute path of the specified file.
Size	Returns the size of the specified file.
Type	Returns the type of the specified file.

Methods

Method	Description
Copy	Copies the specified file from one folder to another.
Delete	Deletes the specified file.
Move	Moves the specified file from one folder to another.
OpenAsTextStream	Opens the specified file and returns a TextStream object that can be used to read from, write to, or append to the file.

Examples

In the following example we will create an instance of the FileSystemObject object and then use the GetFile method to instantiate the File object. Finally, we use The File object properties to get the information about the specified file. The second example shows how to delete a file.

<%
Dim objFSO, objDrive
Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.GetFile("c:\temp\test.txt")
Response.Write("Name: " & objFile.Name & "<br />")
Response.Write("ShortName: " & objFile.ShortName & "<br />")
Response.Write("Size: " & objFile.Size & " bytes <br />")
Response.Write("Type: " & objFile.Type & "<br />")
Response.Write("Path: " & objFile.Path & "<br />")
Response.Write("ParentFolder: " & objFile.ParentFolder & "<br />")
Response.Write("ShortPath: " & objFile.ShortPath & "<br />")
Response.Write("DateCreated: " & objFile.DateCreated & "<br />")
Response.Write("DateLastAccessed: " & objFile.DateLastAccessed & "<br />")
Response.Write("DateLastModified: " & objFile.DateLastModified)
%>

<%
Dim objFSO,objFile
Set objFSO=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile=objFSO.GetFile("c:\temp\test.txt")
objFile.Delete
Set objFile=nothing
Set objFSO=nothing
%>

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