Accessing Windows file metadata?

[Roger Upole]

The Pywin32 package wraps the interfaces used to read and
write these properties. \win32com\test\testStorage.py demonstrates
how to use them.

There are actually two different ways that metadata is stored.
For structured storage files created by COM applications, it's
embedded directly in the file data.  This would change the file's hash
if the document properties were changed.  On volumes formatted
with NTFS 5 (Win2k and later), document properties can be added
to any type of file and are stored in alternate data streams.

  hth
        Roger



"EP" <eric.pederson at gmail.com> wrote in message news:1137019893.211802.231770 at o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> I'm looking for a method by which to access Windows files metadata and
> have not been able to find anything in the standard modules or via
> Google - what is the standard approach?
>
> Shamefully I really do not understand Windows file system - e.g. is
> properties metadata attached to the file?    if I change that metadata
> do I change the file's hash?  how is the metadata structured?  or is
> the "properties" metadata simply derived upon access?
>
> Either way, is there a module or method to access this metadata (I'd
> hope there was a metadata dictionary for each file, but that may be a
> sign I've been spoiled by Python) ?
>
>
> EP
> 




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