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<concept xml:lang="en" id="GUID-6F938BDA-15CB-566E-88E0-6DF9278F8304"><title>How to get and change file details</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody><p>The <xref href="GUID-1F240E05-55D4-3161-B22E-B48D93A981DF.dita"><apiname>TEntry</apiname></xref> and <xref href="GUID-0355B083-6DD8-30F0-BEDF-B6BE745E2AB6.dita"><apiname>TEntryArray</apiname></xref> classes are used to store, retrieve, interrogate and sort directory entries. <codeph>TEntry</codeph> encapsulates a single directory entry and <codeph>TEntryArray</codeph> an array of directory entries. </p> <section><title>Retrieving entry details</title> <p>Use <xref href="GUID-E263C747-946F-35AA-9F1D-41833BD350FC.dita#GUID-E263C747-946F-35AA-9F1D-41833BD350FC/GUID-58F5BAD5-0D8C-33C9-B93B-D1C48F53333A"><apiname>RFs::Entry()</apiname></xref> to retrieve the size of the file, its attributes, name and the date and time of its latest modification (if the file has not been modified, this will be the time of its creation). </p> <codeblock id="GUID-3FE04CB5-8305-54DC-9904-1882AB6035E2" xml:space="preserve">  // Get and print date/time and file size 

TBuf<30> dateString; 

TEntry entry;

User::LeaveIfError(fsSession.Entry(path,entry)); 

_LIT(KDateString,"%D%M%Y%/0%1%/1%2%/2%3%/3 %-B%:0%J%:1%T%:2%S%:3%+B");

entry.iModified.FormatL(dateString,KDateString); 

_LIT(KModString, "Modification time of %S is %S\n"); // Format and print date and time

console->Printf(KModString, entry.iName,&dateString); // Get file size

_LIT(KSizeString, "Size = %d bytes\n");

console-&gt;Printf(KSizeString,entry.iSize); </codeblock> <p><b>Notes</b> </p> <ul><li id="GUID-61C99E94-C6F9-582F-BF94-CCA57A53DC0E"><p>The time extracted using <codeph>TEntry::iModified</codeph> (and by <codeph>RFs::Modified()</codeph>) is an object of class <codeph>TTime</codeph>. Before a <codeph>TTime</codeph> value can be displayed, it must either be converted into its numeric fields (i.e., into a <codeph>TDateTime</codeph> object), or formatted, using <codeph>TTime::FormatL()</codeph>, as above. </p> </li> </ul> </section> <section><title>Changing attributes</title> <p>Use <xref href="GUID-E263C747-946F-35AA-9F1D-41833BD350FC.dita#GUID-E263C747-946F-35AA-9F1D-41833BD350FC/GUID-E1CB09AF-F5B0-35B2-B24E-C6F5F1C583C8"><apiname>RFs::SetAtt()</apiname></xref> to set a file or directory's attributes. It requires two attribute mask arguments. Any attributes specified in the first mask are set and any specified in the second are cleared. No attributes may be specified in both bitmasks. </p> <p>In the following example, the hidden and system attributes are set and the archive attribute is cleared. </p> <codeblock id="GUID-3C0120A7-7023-5967-A9C0-4ADB4483127B" xml:space="preserve">_LIT(KString,"%S");

User::LeaveIfError(fsSession.SetAtt(path,KEntryAttHidden|KEntryAttSystem,KEntryAttArchive)); </codeblock> </section> </conbody></concept>