The {{KW|FILEATTR}} function can return a file's current file mode or DOS handle.


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:''result%'' = {{KW|FILEATTR}}({{Parameter|fileNumber%}}, {{Parameter|mode%}})


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*'''[[Keywords currently not supported by QB64|Currently NOT supported in QB64!]]'''
* {{Parameter|fileNumber%}} is the number assigned in the file's [[OPEN]] statement.
* {{Parameter|mode%}} specifies the type of information to return, which may have the following values
** ''mode%'' = 1: returns the open mode with the following return values:
::{| border=&quot;2&quot; cellpadding=&quot;1&quot;
! Return || Open Mode
|-
|  1 ||  [[INPUT]]
|-
|  2 ||  [[OUTPUT]]
|-
|  4 ||  [[RANDOM]]
|-
|  8 ||  [[APPEND]]
|-
|  32 ||  [[BINARY]]
|}
:* ''mode%'' = 2: returns the [[DOS]] handle number of a file.


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* [[OPEN]]


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