Tcl/Tk in a Nutshell

Name

file

file option name [arg...]

This command provides operations for reading and writing attributes of files. Option is one of the options described below. Name is a filename, which can use tilde (˜) expansion.

file atime name

Return time that file was last accessed, in POSIX format (seconds since the start of the epoch).

file attributes namefile attributes name [option]file attributes name [option value...]

Set or get platform-dependent file attributes. The first form returns attributes as a list of name-value pairs. The second form returns the value of the named attribute. The third form sets one or more named attributes.

file copy [-force] [- -] source targetfile copy [-force] [- -] source... targetDir

Make a copy of a file or copy files to a directory.

Options

-force

Overwrite existing files.

- -

Marks end of options.

file delete [-force] [- -] pathname...

Delete one or more files indicated by pathname.

Options

-force

Overwrite existing files.

- -

Marks end of options.

file dirname name

Return directory portion of path name.

file executable name

Return 1 if file name is executable by current user, 0 otherwise.

file exists name

Return 1 if file name exists and current user has search permissions for directories leading to it, 0 otherwise.

file extension name

Return characters after and including last period. If there is no period in name, return empty string.

file isdirectory name

Return 1 if file name is a directory, 0 otherwise.

file isfile name

Return 1 if file name is a regular file, 0 otherwise.

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