Scripting the File System, Part I

Table of Methods

The FileSystemObject object provides access to the computer's file system components such as files, folders, and drives. Here are the object's methods and property (only one property, drives):

Method or Property	Description
`BuildPath()`	Assembles a file path
`CopyFile()`	Copies a file from one folder to another
`CopyFolder()`	Copies a folder from one folder to another
`CreateFolder()`	Creates a new folder
`CreateTextFile()`	Creates a new text file
`DeleteFile()`	Deletes a file
`DeleteFolder()`	Deletes a folder
`DriveExists()`	Checks whether a drive exists
`Drives`	Returns a collection of all `drive` objects
`FileExists()`	Checks whether a file exists
`FolderExists`	Checks whether a folder exists
`GetAbsolutePathName()`	Returns the absolute path name for a file
`GetBaseName()`	Returns the file name without its path and without its extension
`GetDrive()`	Returns the drive name of a specified letter drive
`GetDriveName()`	Returns the drive name of a letter drive
`GetExtensionName()`	Returns the extension of a file
`GetFile()`	Returns a file object
`GetFileName()`	Extracts a file name from a given path
`GetFolder()`	Returns the folder name of a given file
`GetParentFolderName`	Returns the parent folder name of a given folder or a file
`GetSpecialFolder()`	Returns a name for a special folder
`GetTempName()`	Returns a randomly-generated name
`MoveFile()`	Moves a file from one folder to another
`MoveFolder()`	Moves a folder from one folder to another
`OpenTextFile()`	Opens a text file stream to a file