Modern Fs FileInfo IsReadOnly

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FileInfo.IsReadOnly

Returns true if unwritable: the read-only flag, or no write bit on Linux and macOS.

Syntax

FileInfo.IsReadOnly( )

Examples

#import "std/fs"
using fs

dim td as FsResultUStr = CreateTempDir( "fbdoc" )
dim as ustring dir_ = td.Value( )
dim as ustring p = PathJoin( dir_, "f.txt" )
WriteAllText( p, "hello" )

print Stat( p ).Value( ).IsReadOnly( )    '' false

SetReadOnly( p, true )
print Stat( p ).Value( ).IsReadOnly( )   '' true

'' PORTABLE: the read-only attribute on Windows, the owner write bit on
'' POSIX. Clear it again before deleting, or the removal fails.
SetReadOnly( p, false )

RemoveDirAll( dir_ )

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Library: Filesystem Library
Category: Filesystem
Documented under: Metadata