B4J Question B4J: Getting file detailed information [solved, sort of...]

[Didier9]

I need to get a file's detailed information (actual file size, creation date) equivalent to what we get from a DIR command at the Command Prompt, or from the File->Property menu in Explorer.
Any suggestion appreciated.

 

[Didier9]

Wow, I have been busy and missed all the comments...

I could not unwrap myself out of the shell string issue, so after spending way too much time with that, I made what any sensible soul would do under similar circumstances, I gave up...

But since I only needed file size and lastModifiedTime, I fixed it using FileWatcher (for the modification time, very easy) and for the file size, I just gobble the file into a byte array and use the size of the array. That's pretty ugly but it matches exactly what Windows is reporting so I am going to call it done, considering that it is not intended to use in a product that I will release, it is just a utility for me, and I only deal with 2 or 3 dozen files at a time that are < 100kB each, so it's quick.
Other advantage is that I may end up having to do a crc on the files, so having them in a byte array is just a function call away from having that too

Thank you Mark in particular who took it personally and tried very hard. Not sure why we are getting different results, I will dig into that some more at some point.

Thank you all for the suggestions, I will go over everything in the next few days. There were multiple useful tidbits and suggestions that I may use for other things.

 

[William Lancee]

@stevel05 Don't forget to attach the new version. to #13.

 

[stevel05]

Don't forget to attach the new version. to #13.

Oops sorry, I thought I did. Have now

 

[Didier9]

Thank you Stevel05, your solution takes the cake

 

[stevel05]

I only needed file size and lastModifiedTime

If that's all you need you can get it from the standard B4j File object.

 

[Didier9]

If that's all you need you can get it from the standard B4j File object.

I suspected it would be easy but I did not find the relevant information, so down the rabbit hole I went...

 

[stevel05]

It doesn't have the creation date which you mentioned in your first post, but it has last modified and size:

File.LastModified(Dir As String, FileName As String)
File.Size(Dir As String, FileName As String)

 

[Didier9]

Actually I needed the lastModified date, so it's just what I needed.
I can't believe I missed that...