This enumeration represents the various attributes a file can have in the .NET environment; many, if not most, of these attributes parallel the standard Win32 filesystem attributes of the same name.

public enum FileAttributes {
   ReadOnly = 0x00000001,
   Hidden = 0x00000002,
   System = 0x00000004,
   Directory = 0x00000010,
   Archive = 0x00000020,
   Device = 0x00000040,
   Normal = 0x00000080,
   Temporary = 0x00000100,
   SparseFile = 0x00000200,
   ReparsePoint = 0x00000400,
   Compressed = 0x00000800,
   Offline = 0x00001000,
   NotContentIndexed = 0x00002000,
   Encrypted = 0x00004000
}

Hierarchy

System.Object System.ValueType System.Enum(System.IComparable, System.IFormattable, System.IConvertible) FileAttributes

Returned By

File.GetAttributes( ), FileSystemInfo.Attributes

Passed To

File.SetAttributes( ), FileSystemInfo.Attributes