File Properties

The properties defined in the File class are summarized in the following table.

Property	Description
allowReplace	Specifies if a file can be overwritten
endOfField	Contains the end of field string that delimits variable-length fields
endOfLine	Contains the endOfLine string that delimits variable-length records (or lines)
kind	Contains the kind of file that is to be opened
maxIOSize	Contains the maximum size in bytes for I/O operations when reading and writing a file
maxRecordSize	Contains the maximum size in file units of a buffer that can be read from a text file
mode	Contains the mode in which a file is accessed
recordSize	Contains the size in characters of a fixed-length record
shareMode	Restricts access to the file by other processes
unicodeBOM	Specifies whether a Unicode Byte Order Mark (BOM) is present in the file