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| 57 | 2.2.1 FSSpec Objects |
| 58 | </H2> |
| 59 | |
| 60 | <P> |
| 61 | <dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-18' xml:id='l2h-18' class="member">data</tt></b></dt> |
| 62 | <dd> |
| 63 | The raw data from the FSSpec object, suitable for passing |
| 64 | to other applications, for instance. |
| 65 | </dl> |
| 66 | |
| 67 | <P> |
| 68 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> |
| 69 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-19' xml:id='l2h-19' class="method">as_pathname</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 70 | <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 71 | <dd> |
| 72 | Return the full pathname of the file described by the <tt class="class">FSSpec</tt> |
| 73 | object. |
| 74 | </dl> |
| 75 | |
| 76 | <P> |
| 77 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> |
| 78 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-20' xml:id='l2h-20' class="method">as_tuple</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 79 | <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 80 | <dd> |
| 81 | Return the <code>(<var>wdRefNum</var>, <var>parID</var>, <var>name</var>)</code> tuple of |
| 82 | the file described by the <tt class="class">FSSpec</tt> object. |
| 83 | </dl> |
| 84 | |
| 85 | <P> |
| 86 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> |
| 87 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-21' xml:id='l2h-21' class="method">NewAlias</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 88 | <td><var></var><big>[</big><var>file</var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 89 | <dd> |
| 90 | Create an Alias object pointing to the file described by this |
| 91 | FSSpec. If the optional <var>file</var> parameter is present the alias |
| 92 | will be relative to that file, otherwise it will be absolute. |
| 93 | </dl> |
| 94 | |
| 95 | <P> |
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| 97 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-22' xml:id='l2h-22' class="method">NewAliasMinimal</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 98 | <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 99 | <dd> |
| 100 | Create a minimal alias pointing to this file. |
| 101 | </dl> |
| 102 | |
| 103 | <P> |
| 104 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> |
| 105 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-23' xml:id='l2h-23' class="method">GetCreatorType</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 106 | <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 107 | <dd> |
| 108 | Return the 4-character creator and type of the file. |
| 109 | </dl> |
| 110 | |
| 111 | <P> |
| 112 | <dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline"> |
| 113 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-24' xml:id='l2h-24' class="method">SetCreatorType</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 114 | <td><var>creator, type</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 115 | <dd> |
| 116 | Set the 4-character creator and type of the file. |
| 117 | </dl> |
| 118 | |
| 119 | <P> |
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| 121 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-25' xml:id='l2h-25' class="method">GetFInfo</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 122 | <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 123 | <dd> |
| 124 | Return a <tt class="class">FInfo</tt> object describing the finder info for the file. |
| 125 | </dl> |
| 126 | |
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| 129 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-26' xml:id='l2h-26' class="method">SetFInfo</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 130 | <td><var>finfo</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 131 | <dd> |
| 132 | Set the finder info for the file to the values given as <var>finfo</var> |
| 133 | (an <tt class="class">FInfo</tt> object). |
| 134 | </dl> |
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| 138 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-27' xml:id='l2h-27' class="method">GetDates</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 139 | <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 140 | <dd> |
| 141 | Return a tuple with three floating point values representing the |
| 142 | creation date, modification date and backup date of the file. |
| 143 | </dl> |
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| 147 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-28' xml:id='l2h-28' class="method">SetDates</tt></b>(</nobr></td> |
| 148 | <td><var>crdate, moddate, backupdate</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> |
| 149 | <dd> |
| 150 | Set the creation, modification and backup date of the file. The values |
| 151 | are in the standard floating point format used for times throughout |
| 152 | Python. |
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