FILEATTR

Returns the handler or the access mode of an OPEN file

Implemented by: bw32, QBasic, VBDOS, FreeBASIC

With variations:

Also written as:

VAR = FILEATTR(filenumber, whattoreturn)

where filenumber is the numerical identifier of an open file, such as #1, and whattoreturn can be either:

• 1 - the function will return the mode the file is open, as a number:
  • 1 - for input
  • 2 - for output
  • 4 - random
  • 8 - for append
  • 32 - binary
  • 64 - ISAM
• 2 - the function will return the MS-DOS file handle for the file. If the ISAM database package is present, 0 can be returned to indicate that filenumber is actually an ISAM table.

• ATTR$