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| - | The Get File Attribute action captures the specified attribute for the specified file to a Variable. | + | ====== Get File Attribute Action ====== |
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| + | The //Get File Attribute// action returns the specified attribute for the specified file to a Variable. | ||
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| + | ===== How To Use ===== | ||
| Click the File Chooser button to the right of the action to select an existing file on disk. Option-click on the File Chooser button to show the currently selected file in the Finder (assuming it exists already). | Click the File Chooser button to the right of the action to select an existing file on disk. Option-click on the File Chooser button to show the currently selected file in the Finder (assuming it exists already). | ||
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| The result of the action is displayed at the bottom of the action. | The result of the action is displayed at the bottom of the action. | ||
| - | File attributes available: | + | ===== File attributes available ===== |
| - | *file type (r/o). | + | {{page>include:GettableFileAttributes#}} |
| - | *file size (r/o). | + | |
| - | *creation date. | + | |
| - | *modification date. | + | |
| - | *added date. | + | |
| - | *last used date. | + | |
| - | *downloaded date. | + | |
| - | *where from. | + | |
| - | *owner name (r/o). | + | |
| - | *owner id (r/o). | + | |
| - | *group name. | + | |
| - | *group id. | + | |
| - | *POSIX permissions. | + | |
| - | *extension hidden. | + | |
| - | *invisible. | + | |
| - | *HFS creator code. | + | |
| - | *HFS type code. | + | |
| - | *content type. | + | |
| - | *content kind. | + | |
| - | *tags (set, add, remove or toggle). | + | |
| - | *comment. | + | |
| - | *parent path (r/o). | + | |
| - | *file name (r/o). | + | |
| - | *base name (r/o). | + | |
| - | *extension (r/o). | + | |
| - | ===== See Also ===== | + | ===== Addition File Attributes ===== |
| - | ---- | + | There are several more attributes available using the [[action:Filter|Filter]] action. |
| - | === Actions === | + | * Delete the the path extension. |
| + | * Expand Path to full page, replacing tilde (~) in the path. | ||
| + | * Resolve symlinks, or standardize the path. | ||
| - | * [[action:Set File Attribute|Set File Attribute]] | + | |
| + | ===== Using Alias and SymLink Files ===== | ||
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| + | If you select an Alias or SymLink file using the _File Chooser_ it will return the _target_ rather than the actual path. | ||
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| + | {{:action:get-file-attribute-km8.png?nolink|}} | ||
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| + | If you want to determine if the Finder Item is an Alias or SymLink, you can use this AppleScript, which will return either "Link: Alias" OR "Link: SymLink" OR the file kind. | ||
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| + | ```applescript | ||
| + | tell application "Finder" | ||
| + | set theSel to the selection | ||
| + | set theItem to item 1 of theSel | ||
| + | set itemKindStr to (kind of theItem) as text | ||
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| + | if (itemKindStr ≠ "folder") then | ||
| + | set itemFileType to (file type of theItem) as text | ||
| + | else | ||
| + | set itemFileType to "folder" | ||
| + | end if | ||
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| + | if (itemKindStr = "Alias") then | ||
| + | if (itemFileType = "missing value") then | ||
| + | set itemKindStr to "Link: SymLink" | ||
| + | else | ||
| + | set itemKindStr to "Link: Alias" | ||
| + | end if | ||
| + | end if | ||
| + | |||
| + | end tell | ||
| + | |||
| + | return itemKindStr | ||
| + | -->Link: Alias | ||
| + | -->Link: SymLink | ||
| + | -->BBEdit text document | ||
| + | |||
| + | ``` | ||
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| + | ===== See Also ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Actions ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[Set File Attribute]] | ||
| + | * [[Filter]] | ||
| * [[:Actions|See all Actions]] | * [[:Actions|See all Actions]] | ||
| - | ---- | + | === Conditions === |
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| + | * [[condition:File_Attribute|File Attribute]] | ||
| + | * [[condition:Path|Path]] | ||
| + | * [[:Conditions|See all Conditions]] | ||
| ==== Forum ==== | ==== Forum ==== | ||
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