Get file attributes (hidden, readonly, system, archive) in Python

attributes, chmod, operating-system, python, stat

Solution

You can use directly the Windows API like that

import win32con
import win32api
attrs = win32api.GetFileAttributes(filepath)
attrs & win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM
attrs & win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN

Problem

Just started learning Python. How can i get a status of file's attributes in Python? I know that `os.chmod(fullname, stat.S_IWRITE)` delete readonly attribute, but how can i get status without changing it? I need to get all of the attributes of `"hidden"`, `"system"`, `"readonly"`, `"archive"`

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