Scripting the File System, Part I

The Folder Object

GetFolder(pathName) Object

This method returns the folder object of the given folder name. The following script should create a folder object for f:\yehuda\js\tips:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
folderObj = fso.GetFolder("f:\\yehuda\\js\\tips");
-->
</SCRIPT>

Here are the folder object's properties:

Property	Description
`Attributes`	Refers to the folder attributes
`DateCreated`	Returns the folder's creation date
`DateLastAccessed`	Returns the folder's last-accessed date
`DateLastModified`	Returns the folder's last-modified date
`Drive`	Returns the folder's letter drive
`Files`	Returns the folder's `files` collection, containing all the `file` objects in the folder
`IsRootFolder`	Returns `true` if the folder is the root folder, `false` otherwise
`Name`	Returns the folder name
`ParentFolder`	Returns the folder's parent folder name
`Path`	Returns the folder's long path
`ShortName`	Returns the folder's short name
`ShortPath`	Returns the folder's short path
`Size`	Returns the folder size
`SubFolder`	Returns a folder's collection of all folders contained in the folder
`Type`	Returns the folder type