Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 Official JavaScript Reference

Chapter 10. File and Folder Object Reference

Overview

Because path name syntax is very different in Windows, Mac OS and UNIX, the File and Folder objects are defined to provide platform-independent access to the underlying file system. A File object is associated with a disk file, a Folder object with a directory or folder.

• The Folder object supports file-system functionality such as traversing the hierarchy, creating, renaming or removing files, or resolving file aliases.

• The File object supports I/O functions to read or write files.

File and Folder objects can be used anywhere a path name is required, such as in properties and arguments for files and folders.

For a description of the pathname syntax and object usage, see Chapter 9, “Using File and ...