Update a Basic Attribute - Java File Path IO

Java examples for File Path IO:File Attribute

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Introduction

Basic attribute names are listed here:

  • lastModifiedTime
  • lastAccessTime
  • creationTime
  • size
  • isRegularFile
  • isDirectory
  • isSymbolicLink
  • isOther
  • fileKey

The generally accepted form for retrieving a single attribute is [view-name:]attribute-name.

The view-name is basic.

Demo Code

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) {
    Path path = Paths.get("D:\\folder0\\","test.txt");

    long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
    FileTime fileTime = FileTime.fromMillis(time);
    try {/*from  w w  w  .j  a  v  a2s .  c  o  m*/
        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);
    }

  }
}

Result


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