Python: Get and Set FileAttributes

Problem Statement:

Getting and Setting File Attributes in python

Code Implementation:

import os, win32file, win32con, win32api

import sys

def Getfileattrib(filepath):

""" Will check for a particular attribute is enabled for a file or not"""

try:

attributes = []

attrib = win32file.GetFileAttributes(filepath)

if not os.path.isfile(filepath):

print filepath + ": File Not Found"

print "Exiting..."

sys.exit(1)

if((attrib & win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE)):

attributes.append("A")

if((attrib & win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM)):

attributes.append("S")

if((attrib & win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN)):

attributes.append("H")

if((attrib & win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY)):

attributes.append("R")

return attributes

except Exception:

raise

def Setfileattrib(filepath, attributes):

""" Will set attributes for a file taking list of attributes in a list"""

try:

if not os.path.isfile(filepath):

print filepath + ": File Not Found"

print "Exiting..."

for attribute in attributes:

os.system("attrib +%s %s" % (attribute.upper(), filepath))

except Exception:

raise