PosixFileAttributes | API reference

public interface PosixFileAttributes
implements BasicFileAttributes

java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFileAttributes

File attributes associated with files on file systems used by operating systems that implement the Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) family of standards.

The POSIX attributes of a file are retrieved using a PosixFileAttributeView by invoking its readAttributes method.

Summary

Public methods
`abstract GroupPrincipal`	`group()` Returns the group owner of the file.
`abstract UserPrincipal`	`owner()` Returns the owner of the file.
`abstract Set<PosixFilePermission>`	`permissions()` Returns the permissions of the file.

Inherited methods

From interface java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes

`abstract FileTime`	`creationTime()` Returns the creation time.
`abstract Object`	`fileKey()` Returns an object that uniquely identifies the given file, or `null` if a file key is not available.
`abstract boolean`	`isDirectory()` Tells whether the file is a directory.
`abstract boolean`	`isOther()` Tells whether the file is something other than a regular file, directory, or symbolic link.
`abstract boolean`	`isRegularFile()` Tells whether the file is a regular file with opaque content.
`abstract boolean`	`isSymbolicLink()` Tells whether the file is a symbolic link.
`abstract FileTime`	`lastAccessTime()` Returns the time of last access.
`abstract FileTime`	`lastModifiedTime()` Returns the time of last modification.
`abstract long`	`size()` Returns the size of the file (in bytes).

Public methods

permissions

public abstract Set<PosixFilePermission> permissions ()

Returns the permissions of the file. The file permissions are returned as a set of PosixFilePermission elements. The returned set is a copy of the file permissions and is modifiable. This allows the result to be modified and passed to the setPermissions method to update the file's permissions.

Returns
`Set<PosixFilePermission>`	the file permissions

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