Microsoft® JScript®
GetFile Method
 Scripting Run-Time Reference 
 Version 3 

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Description
Returns a File object corresponding to the file in a specified path.
Syntax
object.GetFile(filespec)

The GetFile method syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object Required. Always the name of a FileSystemObject.
filespec Required. The filespec is the path (absolute or relative) to a specific file.

Remarks
An error occurs if the specified file does not exist.

The following example illustrates the use of the GetFile method:

function ShowFileAccessInfo(filespec)
{
  var fso, f, s;
  fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
  f = fso.GetFile(filespec);
  s = f.Path.toUpperCase() + "<br>";
  s += "Created: " + f.DateCreated + "<br>";
  s += "Last Accessed: " + f.DateLastAccessed + "<br>";
  s += "Last Modified: " + f.DateLastModified  
  return(s);
}