FileAttributes Enumeration
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
Provides attributes for files and directories.
This enumeration has a FlagsAttribute attribute that allows a bitwise combination of its member values.
Namespace: System.IOAssembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
| Member name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Archive | The file's archive status. Applications use this attribute to mark files for backup or removal. | |
| Compressed | The file is compressed. | |
| Device | Reserved for future use. | |
| Directory | The file is a directory. | |
| Encrypted | The file or directory is encrypted. For a file, this means that all data in the file is encrypted. For a directory, this means that encryption is the default for newly created files and directories. | |
| Hidden | The file is hidden, and thus is not included in an ordinary directory listing. | |
| Normal | The file is normal and has no other attributes set. This attribute is valid only if used alone. | |
| NotContentIndexed | The file will not be indexed by the operating system's content indexing service. | |
| Offline | The file is offline. The data of the file is not immediately available. | |
| ReadOnly | The file is read-only. | |
| ReparsePoint | The file contains a reparse point, which is a block of user-defined data associated with a file or a directory. | |
| SparseFile | The file is a sparse file. Sparse files are typically large files whose data are mostly zeros. | |
| System | The file is a system file. The file is part of the operating system or is used exclusively by the operating system. | |
| Temporary | The file is temporary. File systems attempt to keep all of the data in memory for quicker access rather than flushing the data back to mass storage. A temporary file should be deleted by the application as soon as it is no longer needed. |
You can get attributes for files and directories by calling the GetAttributes(String) method, and you can set them by calling the SetAttributes method.
It is not possible to change the compression status of a File object by using the SetAttributes method.
Version Notes
Windows Phone
This type is present to support the .NET Compact Framework infrastructure in Windows Phone, and it is not intended to be used in your application code.
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