C# in a Nutshell

Name

FileAttributes

Synopsis

This enumeration represents the various attributes a file can have in the .NET environment; many, if not most, of these attributes parallel the standard Win32 filesystem attributes of the same name.

public enum FileAttributes {
            ReadOnly = 0x00000001,
            Hidden = 0x00000002,
            System = 0x00000004,
            Directory = 0x00000010,
            Archive = 0x00000020,
            Device = 0x00000040,
            Normal = 0x00000080,
            Temporary = 0x00000100,
            SparseFile = 0x00000200,
            ReparsePoint = 0x00000400,
            Compressed = 0x00000800,
            Offline = 0x00001000,
            NotContentIndexed = 0x00002000,
            Encrypted = 0x00004000
}

Hierarchy

System.Object→System.ValueType→System.Enum(System.IComparable, System.IFormattable, System.IConvertible)→FileAttributes

Returned By

File.GetAttributes(), FileSystemInfo.Attributes

Passed To

File.SetAttributes(), FileSystemInfo.Attributes