# FileInfo

Returns a struct of file information.

Different values are returned for FileInfo and GetFileInfo

## Method Signature

```
FileInfo(file=[any])
```

### Arguments

| Argument | Type  | Required | Description                                       | Default |
| -------- | ----- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| `file`   | `any` | `true`   | The filepath or file object to retrieve info upon |         |

## Examples

### Output some information about a temporary file

[Run Example](https://try.boxlang.io/?code=eJxtkFFLwzAUhd%2F9Fdc8SAdj1ldFpJqWBVwHa2HgW2ZSF2ja0aaM%2Beu9N0vLZMtLck%2FOd3Nz7CkztYZX%2BNGu1PZAVTQW3HT627XdKZrNgTndO7pmMHu5q%2FAgmqo9k1moIrDnfugw%2FUZLJXe%2Be3Q%2FAouPJN%2BkCYc3YEPD4BkYm8EDsC64GaHbzrib6HYjyvSKPQa7Z5dGKd38J0WxFJynOZFN6%2BCC3Xs7kko6eo%2FjVhqrs7az0kUw9fhMinK15iITKcc4qqGupygK80tsPtid7q7IQnyl8AhPcRyHDfl4Eceep%2BH1enCHARmGC6ea0DxZpTQlqqYHurrIFfV50KbAUAPZqCCHLFBcwI3HhIOj7EE6qGXvwLbKVEYrEoj3iYwN92SEnj7aVjAO6T9OltW77%2F8HrTatjw%3D%3D)

```java
myFile = getTempFile( getTempDirectory(), "testFile" );
fileInfo = getFileInfo( myFile );
isReadable = (!fileInfo.CANREAD ? "un" : "") & "readable";
isWritable = (!fileInfo.CANWRITE ? "un" : "") & "writable";
isHidden = (!fileInfo.ISHIDDEN ? "not " : "") & "hidden";
date = DateTimeFormat( fileInfo.LASTMODIFIED, "full" );
fileSize = NumberFormat( fileInfo.SIZE / 1000 / 1000, "0.00" );
writeOutput( """" & fileInfo.NAME & """ is " & isReadable & ", " & isWritable & " and " & isHidden & ". " );
writeOutput( "It was at last modified at " & date & " and has a size of " & fileSize & " MB" );

```

Result: "testFile9217639658547923751.tmp" is readable, writable and not hidden. It was at last modified at Friday, November 3, 2017 3:58:08 PM UTC and has a size of 0.00 MB

### Additional Examples

[Run Example](https://try.boxlang.io/?code=eJxLy8xJVbBVSE8tCUnNLXAD8jRgHJfMotTkkvyiSg1NHQWllNTcfCUFTWuulNLcAg2FssQiW6A6kAbPvLR8DYU0kEFAhTmJSak5tkruCDk0XTi1oKgHABOwMQs%3D)

```java
file = getTempFile( getTempDirectory(), "demo" );
dump( var=getFileInfo( file ), label="GetFileInfo" );
dump( var=FileInfo( file ), label="FileInfo" );

```

## Related

* [ContractPath](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/contractpath.md)
* [CreateTempDirectory](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/createtempdirectory.md)
* [CreateTempFile](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/createtempfile.md)
* [DirectoryCopy](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directorycopy.md)
* [DirectoryCreate](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directorycreate.md)
* [DirectoryDelete](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directorydelete.md)
* [DirectoryExists](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directoryexists.md)
* [DirectoryList](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directorylist.md)
* [DirectoryMove](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directorymove.md)
* [DirectoryRename](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/directoryrename.md)
* [ExpandPath](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/expandpath.md)
* [FileAppend](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileappend.md)
* [FileClose](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileclose.md)
* [FileCopy](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filecopy.md)
* [FileDelete](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filedelete.md)
* [FileExists](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileexists.md)
* [FileGetMimeType](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filegetmimetype.md)
* [FileIsEOF](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileiseof.md)
* [FileMove](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filemove.md)
* [FileOpen](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileopen.md)
* [FileRead](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileread.md)
* [FileReadBinary](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filereadbinary.md)
* [FileReadLine](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filereadline.md)
* [FileSeek](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileseek.md)
* [FileSetAccessMode](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filesetaccessmode.md)
* [FileSetAttribute](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filesetattribute.md)
* [FileSetLastModified](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filesetlastmodified.md)
* [FileSkipBytes](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/fileskipbytes.md)
* [FileWrite](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filewrite.md)
* [FileWriteLine](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/filewriteline.md)
* [GetCanonicalPath](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/getcanonicalpath.md)
* [GetDirectoryFromPath](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/getdirectoryfrompath.md)
* [GetFileInfo](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/getfileinfo.md)
* [getTempFile](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/gettempfile.md)
* [PropertyFile](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/io/propertyfile.md)


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