FileAttributes : File Attributes « Stream File « VB.Net Tutorial

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public class Test
   public Shared Sub Main
        Dim lngAttributes As Long

        lngAttributes = System.IO.File.GetAttributes("test.txt")

        ' Use a binary AND to extract the specific attributes.
        Console.WriteLine("Normal: " & CBool(lngAttributes And IO.FileAttributes.Normal))

        Console.WriteLine("Hidden: " & CBool(lngAttributes And IO.FileAttributes.Hidden))

        Console.WriteLine("ReadOnly: " & CBool(lngAttributes And IO.FileAttributes.ReadOnly))

        Console.WriteLine("System: " & CBool(lngAttributes And IO.FileAttributes.System))

        Console.WriteLine("Temporary File: " & CBool(lngAttributes And IO.FileAttributes.Temporary))

        Console.WriteLine("Archive: " & CBool(lngAttributes And IO.FileAttributes.Archive))

   End Sub
End Class

Normal: False
Hidden: False
ReadOnly: False
System: False
Temporary File: False
Archive: True