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2.2.1 FSSpec Objects
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<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-18' xml:id='l2h-18' class="member">data</tt></b></dt>
<dd>
The raw data from the FSSpec object, suitable for passing
to other applications, for instance.
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<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-19' xml:id='l2h-19' class="method">as_pathname</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the full pathname of the file described by the <tt class="class">FSSpec</tt>
object.
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<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-20' xml:id='l2h-20' class="method">as_tuple</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the <code>(<var>wdRefNum</var>, <var>parID</var>, <var>name</var>)</code> tuple of
the file described by the <tt class="class">FSSpec</tt> object.
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<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-21' xml:id='l2h-21' class="method">NewAlias</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var><big>[</big><var>file</var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Create an Alias object pointing to the file described by this
FSSpec. If the optional <var>file</var> parameter is present the alias
will be relative to that file, otherwise it will be absolute.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-22' xml:id='l2h-22' class="method">NewAliasMinimal</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Create a minimal alias pointing to this file.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-23' xml:id='l2h-23' class="method">GetCreatorType</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return the 4-character creator and type of the file.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-24' xml:id='l2h-24' class="method">SetCreatorType</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>creator, type</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Set the 4-character creator and type of the file.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-25' xml:id='l2h-25' class="method">GetFInfo</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return a <tt class="class">FInfo</tt> object describing the finder info for the file.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-26' xml:id='l2h-26' class="method">SetFInfo</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>finfo</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Set the finder info for the file to the values given as <var>finfo</var>
(an <tt class="class">FInfo</tt> object).
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<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-27' xml:id='l2h-27' class="method">GetDates</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Return a tuple with three floating point values representing the
creation date, modification date and backup date of the file.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-28' xml:id='l2h-28' class="method">SetDates</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>crdate, moddate, backupdate</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
Set the creation, modification and backup date of the file. The values
are in the standard floating point format used for times throughout
Python.
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