VBScript » Objects » FileSystemObject
Version: 2.0
The FileSystemObject is used to gain access to a computer's file
system. It can create new files and access existing ones.
Examples
Code:
<%
dim filesys, filetxt, getname, path
Set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set filetxt = filesys.CreateTextFile("c:\somefile.txt", True)
path = filesys.GetAbsolutePathName("c:\somefile.txt")
getname = filesys.GetFileName(path)
filetxt.WriteLine("Your text goes here.")
filetxt.Close
If filesys.FileExists(path) Then
Response.Write ("Your file, '" getname "', has been created.")
End If
%>Output:
"Your file, 'somefile.txt', has been created."Explanation:
This code uses the CreateTextFile method of the FileSystemObject object to create a text file (c:\somefile.txt) and then writes some text to it.
Properties
- Drives
Syntax: drvcollection = ] object.Drives
Returns a Drives collection consisting of all the Drive objects on a computer.
Methods
- BuildPath
Syntax: [newfullpath = ]object.BuildPath(path, name)
This method is used to append a name onto an existing path.
- CopyFile
Syntax: object.CopyFile source, destination [,overwrite]
This method allows us to copy one or more files from one location (the source) to another (destination).
- CopyFolder
Syntax: object.CopyFolder source, destination [, overwrite]
Copies one or more folders and all contents, including files and subfolders, from one location to another.
- CreateFolder
Syntax: object.CreateFolder (foldername)
This method allows us to create a folder with the specified foldername.
- CreateTextFile
Syntax: object.CreateTextFile filename [,overwrite[, unicode]]
Creates a text file and returns a TextStreamObject that can then be used to write to and read from the file.
- DeleteFile
Syntax: object.DeleteFile file [,force]
This method deletes a specified file or files (using wilcards).
- DeleteFolder
Syntax: object.DeleteFolder folder [,force]
This method deletes a specified folder, including all files and subfolders.
- DriveExists
Syntax: object.DriveExists(drive)
This method lets us check if a specified drive exists. It returns True if the drive does exist and False if it doesn't.
- FileExists
Syntax: object.FileExists(file)
Lets us check whether a specified file exists. Returns True if the file does exist and False otherwise.
- FolderExists
Syntax: object.FolderExists(folder)
Allows us to check if a specified folder exists. Returns True if the folder does exist and False if it doesn't.
- GetAbsolutePathName
Syntax: object.GetAbsolutePathName(path)
This method gets the complete path from the root of the drive for the specified path string.
- GetBaseName
Syntax: object.GetBaseName(path)
This method gets the base name of the file or folder in a specified path.
- GetDrive
Syntax: object.GetDrive(drivename)
This method returns a Drive object corresponding to the drive in a supplied path.
- GetDriveName
Syntax: object.GetDriveName(path)
This method gets a string containing the name of the drive in a supplied path.
- GetExtensionName
Syntax: object.GetExtensionName(path)
Used to return a string containing the extension name of the last component in a supplied path.
- GetFile
Syntax: object.GetFile (filename)
Returns the File object for the specified file name.
- GetFileName
Syntax: object.GetFileName(path)
This method is used to return the name of the last file or folder of the supplied path.
- GetFileVersion
Syntax: object.GetFileVersion(path)
This method is used to return the version of the file in the specified path.
- GetFolder
Syntax: object.GetFolder (foldername)
This method returns a Folder object of the folder specified in the folder parameter.
- GetParentFolderName
Syntax: object.GetParentFolderName(path)
Returns a string containing the name of the parent folder of the last file or folder in a specified path.
- GetSpecialFolder
Syntax: object.GetSpecialFolder (folderid)
Returns the path to one of the special folders - \Windows, \System or \TMP.
- GetTempName
Syntax: object.GetTempName
This method is used to generate a random filename for a temporary file.
- MoveFile
Syntax: object.MoveFile source, destination
Moves one or more files from one location to another.
- MoveFolder
Syntax: object.MoveFolder source, destination
Moves one or more folders from one location to another.
- OpenTextFile
Syntax: object.OpenTextFile (filename [, iomode[, create[, format]]])
Opens the file specified in the filename parameter and returns an instance of the TextStreamObject for that file. )
Events
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