Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Scripting Guide

Chapter 4. Script Runtime Primer

File system management is a key part of system administration, and yet neither Windows Script Host (WSH) nor Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition (VBScript) provides many capabilities in that area. Fortunately, you can use the Script Runtime library to manage such key file system components as disk drives, folders, and files. In addition, the Script Runtime library provides methods for reading from and writing to text files, for creating “dictionaries” (used to manage data within a script), and for encoding scripts.

In This Chapter

Script Runtime Overview	242
FileSystemObject	243
Managing Disk Drives	243
Managing Folders	249
Using Folder Properties	269
Managing Folder Attributes	271
Managing Files	279
Retrieving File Properties ...