GetFileInfo

GETFILEINFO(1)               General Commands Manual              GETFILEINFO(1)

NAME
     /usr/bin/GetFileInfo – get attributes of files and directories (DEPRECATED)

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/bin/GetFileInfo [-P -a[<attribute-letter>] | -c | -d | -m | -t] file
                          ...

DESCRIPTION
     Tools supporting Carbon development, including /usr/bin/GetFileInfo, were
     deprecated with Xcode 6.

     /usr/bin/GetFileInfo is a tool to get the file attributes.

     With no flags, GetFileInfo retrieves all information about the file.  If
     exactly one option is provided, GetFileInfo retrieves and displays just
     that information; supplying more than one is an error.

     Flags:

     -P  Acts on a symlink file instead of the file the symlink resolves to.

     -a[<attribute-letter>]
                    Gets a file's attribute bits where <attribute-letter> is one
                    of the following:

                    a        Alias file

                    b        Has bundle

                    c        Custom icon (allowed on folders)

                    d        Located on the desktop (allowed on folders)

                    e        Extension is hidden (allowed on folders)

                    i        Inited - Finder is aware of this file and has given
                             it a location in a window. (allowed on folders)

                    l        Locked

                    m        Shared (can run multiple times)

                    n        File has no INIT resource

                    s        System file (name locked)

                    t        "Stationery Pad" file

                    v        Invisible (allowed on folders)

                    z        Busy (allowed on folders)

                    The value of a single attribute is printed as 0 for off or
                    false, 1 for on or true.  If no attribute letter is
                    specified, the value of all attributes is returned, with
                    lowercase letters representing off or false, and uppercase
                    representing on or true.

     -t             Gets the file type, a string of exactly four characters.  If
                    the type is not set, these will display as an empty pair of
                    quotation marks.  Directories do not have types, so the type
                    will be skipped if all information is being displayed;
                    specifying -t for a directory is an error.

     -c             Gets the file's creator, a string of four characters
                    enclosed in quotation marks.  If the creator is not set,
                    these will display as an empty pair of quotation marks.
                    Directories do not have creators, so the creator will be
                    skipped if all information is being displayed; specifying -c
                    for a directory is an error.

     -d             Gets the creation date, a string of the form "mm/dd/yyyy
                    hh:mm:ss" in 24-hour clock format.

     -m             Gets the modification date, a string of the form "mm/dd/yyyy
                    hh:mm:ss" in 24-hour clock format.

RETURN VALUES
     0        success
     1        syntax error
     2        any other error

SEE ALSO
     SetFile(1)

EXAMPLES
     The following command line gets and prints the creator for the "Late
     Breaking News" file:

     /Developer/Tools/GetFileInfo -c "Late Breaking News"

     This command line prints the modification date of "myFile":

     /Developer/Tools/GetFileInfo -m myFile

Mac OS X                       September 27, 2005                       Mac OS X