Get File Attribute

Retrieves the attribute of the specified file or directory. You can use the action to get file's size, creation date and time, and etc.

File name Specifies the file name.
Attribute Specifies the attribute name.
Populate variable with result value Specifies a variable to store the attribute value.

Notes

About the variable, please refer to "Variable and Expression"

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