A.9. File and Folder Handling

ChDir Statement

Changes the current directory

ChDrive Statement

Changes the current drive

Close Statement

Closes a file opened using the Open statement

CurDir Function

Returns a variant containing the current path

CurDir$ Function

Returns a String containing the current path

Dir Function

Returns the name or names of a matching file or folder

EOF Function

Returns a flag denoting the end of a file

FileAttr Function

Returns a value denoting the attributes of the current file

FileCopy Statement

Copies a file

FileDateTime Function

Returns the date and time a given file was created

FileLen Function

Returns the length of a file in bytes

FreeFile Function

Returns the number of the next available file

Get Statement

Reads from a file opened in random or binary mode

GetAttr Function

Returns the attributes of a given file or folder

Kill Statement

Deletes a file or folder

Loc Function

Returns the position of the current file read or write marker

LOF Function

Returns the length of an open file in bytes

MkDir Statement

Creates a new folder

Open Statement

Opens a file for reading or writing

Print# Statement

Writes to a sequential text file

Put Statement

Writes to a file opened in random or binary mode

Reset Statement

Closes all files opened using the Open statement

RmDir Statement

Deletes a folder

Seek Function

Sets or returns the position of the current file read or write marker

SetAttr Statement

Sets a file's attributes

Write# Statement

Writes to a sequential text file