You can obtain metadata for file system objects from folder
comparisons this way:
var folder_item;
var metadata =
folder_item.metadata.left; // metadata for
left object
Parameters
none.
Property Of
none.
Implemented In
ECMerge 2.1
Description
VFS.Metadata objects give information about the file
system object to which they are associated.
Properties
NB: all the properties except 'error_state' and 'present'
here may be 'undefined', when the underlying file system does
not give the information.
Property
Description
compressed
Boolean. True if the file is compressed at its
individual levl on the file system.
creation
Date. Creation date of this item.
error_state
String. String describing if there is an error for
this item.
file
Boolean. True if the object was determined to be a
file.
folder
Boolean. True if the object was determined to be a
folder.
hidden
Boolean. True if the object has the hidden flag
last_access
Date. Last date of access
last_update
Date. Last date of modification
name
String. Name of the file system object within its
container
present
Boolean. True if the object is actually here
size
Integer. Size in bytes of the file system object
to_archive
Boolean. True if the 'to archive' flag is set for
this item
unix_modes
Integer. Usual Unix flags as in chmod
Methods
none.
Examples
Example 1.
This sample dumps the metadata about the root item of
current frame (which must be a folder document):
var folder_document =
current_frame.coordinator.document;
var item = folder_document.root;
dump_metadata (item.metadata.left)
function dump_metadata (metadata)
{
var metadata_array = [];
for (var metadaton in metadata)
metadata_array.push
(metadaton + ":" + metadata[metadaton]);
