Retrieves information about on-disk or in-memory file.

System Functions

fileOpen

ColdFusion 8: Added this function.

GetFileInfo(path)

The filename, path, parent directory, type, size, when the file was most recently modified, whether the file has read permission, write permission, and is hidden.

The function returns a structure that includes the following keys:
Name: name of the file
Path: absolute path of the file
Parent: path to the file’s parent directory
Type: either "directory" or "file"
Size: file size in bytes
Lastmodified: datetime when it was the file was most recently modified
canRead: whether the file can be read
canWrite: whether the file has write permission
isHidden: whether the file is a hidden

<cfscript> 
    FileSetLastModified("c:\temp\test1.txt", "#Now()#"); 
    WriteOutput(GetFileInfo("c:\temp\test1.txt").lastmodified); 
</cfscript>