Java IO Tutorial - Java Files.setAttribute(Path path, String attribute, Object value, LinkOption ... options)








Syntax

Files.setAttribute(Path path, String attribute, Object value, LinkOption ... options) has the following syntax.

public static Path setAttribute(Path path,   String attribute,   Object value,   LinkOption ... options)    throws IOException

Example

In the following code shows how to use Files.setAttribute(Path path, String attribute, Object value, LinkOption ... options) method.

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import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.attribute.FileTime;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

    Path path = Paths.get("C:/tutorial/Java/JavaFX", "Topic.txt");
    long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
    FileTime fileTime = FileTime.fromMillis(time);
    try {
      Files.setAttribute(path, "basic:lastModifiedTime", fileTime,LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
      Files.setAttribute(path, "basic:creationTime", fileTime,LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
      Files.setAttribute(path, "basic:lastAccessTime", fileTime,LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.err.println(e);
    }

  }
}