---
name: "Net::Hotline::FileInfoItem"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libnet-hotline-perl"
version: "0.83-3.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Net::Hotline::FileInfoItem"
---

# Net::Hotline::FileInfoItem(3pm)

File object used internally by Net::Hotline::Client

## NAME

Net::Hotline::FileInfoItem - File object used internally by Net::Hotline::Client

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Net::Hotline::FileInfoItem;
    $file = new Net::Hotline::FileInfoItem;
    $file->name("smile");
    $file->comments("A happy file.");
    ...
```

## DESCRIPTION

Net::Hotline::FileInfoItem is a simple class for storing and retrieving file information,  You should never have to create your own Net::Hotline::FileInfoItem objects when using Net::Hotline::Client.  Getting and (to a lesser extent) setting attributes is all that should be necessary.

## CONSTRUCTION

- new

  Creates a new Net::Hotline::FileInfoItem object with all attributes set to undef.

## METHODS

All the Net::Hotline::FileInfoItem methods are simple attribute get/set routines. If given an argument, they set an attribute.  In all cases, they return the current value of the attribute.

- comment TEXT

  The file comments (as seen in the Mac OS Finder).

- ctime NUM

  The creation time of the file, given as a Mac OS native time value.  Add the constant Net::Hotline::Constants::HTLC\_MACOS\_TO\_UNIX\_TIME to it to change it to seconds since the Unix epoch.

- creator TEXT

  The file creator, given as a four-letter Mac OS creator code ("TTXT", "SIT!", etc.)

- name TEXT

  The file name.

- icon

  The file icon given as a four-letter code.

- mtime NUM

  The modification time of the file, given as a Mac OS native time value.  Add the constant Net::Hotline::Constants::HTLC\_MACOS\_TO\_UNIX\_TIME to it to change it to seconds since the Unix epoch.

- ctime NUM

  The creation time of the file, given as a Mac OS native time value. Add the constant Net::Hotline::Constants::HTLC\_MACOS\_TO\_UNIX\_TIME to it to change it to seconds since the Unix epoch.

- size NUM

  The size of the file in bytes.

- type TEXT

  The file type, given as a four-letter Mac OS type code ("TEXT", "PICT", etc.), Net::Hotline::Constants::HTLC\_INFO\_FOLDER\_TYPE for folders, and Net::Hotline::Constants::HTLC\_INFO\_FALIAS\_TYPE for folder aliases.

## AUTHOR

John C. Siracusa (siracusa@mindspring.com)

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright(c) 1999 by John Siracusa.  All rights reserved.  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.