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1E 9.x (on-premises)

FileSystem.GetFileDetails

Method

GetFileDetails

Module

FileSystem

Library

Core

Action

Retrieves operating system attributes related to the specified file.

Parameters

FilePath (string): The full path of the file.

ComputeHash (boolean; optional, default false): Whether to calculate the Hash for the file.

Note

FilePath must not contain wildcards; they are assumed to be part of the FilePath.

Return values

If FilePath is an empty string then an InvalidParameter error is returned along with the following string:

                                          FilePath parameter should not be empty

If FilePath does not exist or is invalid (both the same situation depending on the platform) then a Success(no content) status.

If FilePath itself cannot be accessed (exceptions will appear in the agent log) or no files are found then this is considered a successful execution but no results are returned.

Otherwise, a single row containing the following columns will be returned:

  • FilePath (string): The full path.

  • FileSystemItem (string): The type of item the path leads to: file/directory/symbolic link/block device/character device/fifo/socket/unknown

  • Size (int): The size in bytes if a file, blank if a directory.

  • Hash (string): If requested and this path is a file, then this column is the SHA-256 hash of the contents of the file. A symbolic link is a link to a file, not a file.

  • Owner(string): The account that is the owner of the file system item represented in the agent's operating system specific way. See notes below.

  • Group (string): The group account that is considered to own the file system item represented in the agent's operating system specific way. See notes below.

  • DateCreated (datetime): The creation date of the file system item in Windows in ISO 8601 UTC format, or blank if non-Windows.

  • DateModified (datetime): The last modified date of the file system itemin ISO 8601 UTC format.

Attributes (string): A concatenated list of file attributes from the following, attributes mostly apply to files and directories, so 'file' can be substituted by 'directory' below.

The attributes available does depend on what format the file system is, ext2 and above support attributes most systems will default to ext4 if they have it, but obviously it depends on exactly what the fs type is of the volume that is mounted under the path specified. For MacOS file flags are displayed as Attributes, however extended attributes are not currently displayed.

Attribute

Windows

Linux

Mac

Meaning

read-only

yes

the file can only be read, this is independent of the security permissions

hidden

yes

yes

the file will not appear unless 'show hidden files' is enabled in explorer

system

yes

the file is considered to be a vital part of the operating system

archive

yes

the file has changed since the last system backup (which would clear this flag next time it is backed up)

device

yes

the file is actually a conduit for a device

temporary

yes

the file is marked as temporary, typically deleted once the file has been closed

sparse

yes

the file is masquerading as a massive file with large areas of nothing

compressed

yes

yes

the file is compressed on disk

offline

yes

the file content is unavailable right now, it is stored somewhere else

indexed

yes

the file content will be used in Windows Search results

encrypted

yes

the file content is encrypted

virtual

yes

the file exists in a virtual space rather than physically occupying disk space

immutable

yes

yes

the file cannot be altered

touch access time

yes

update the access time when the file is accessed

append only

yes

the file can only be opened for reading or appending to the end

copy on write

yes

the original file, when written to, is copied elsewhere then the write is on that copy, preserving the original

sync directory writes

yes

force writes of directories to disk surface

nodump

yes

yes

skip the file when 'dump' is used to back up the file

compression error

yes

used by the experimental compression patches to indicate that a compressed file has a compression error

extents

yes

the file storage mechanism uses extents rather than listing every block individually, this also indicates less fragmentation of the file

huge

yes

file storage units are in blocks rather than sectors

htree indexed

yes

the htree program should index this file

journaled

yes

file writes are written to the journal first, then to the file itself

delete securely

yes

the file is deleted first by overwriting it on disk with zeros then deleting it

sync updates

yes

any writes to the file are written immediately to the disk surface, not cached

top directory

yes

indicates that subdirectories with this directory are scattered around different areas of the disk

no tail merging

yes

see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_suballocation

undeletable

yes

the item cannot be deleted regardless of the other permissions available

raw access to compression

yes

indicates that a raw contents of a compressed file can be accessed directly by the experimental compression patches

dirty compression

yes

indicates that a raw contents of a compressed file are 'dirty'

arch

yes

the file has been archived (opposite of windows archive)

opaque

yes

make a file opaque, for instance a directory 'file'

sappnd

yes

system append only file

schg

yes

make the system file unchangable (immutable)

uappnd

yes

user append only file

uchg

yes

make the user file unchangable (immutable)

Mac Specific

On macOS from version 10.4 it is possible, through the xattr and ls -l@ commands to add, edit, delete and display arbitrary extended attributes on a file system item. These will be listed, if present on the file, after any standard attributes above if bestowed on the file.

Extended attributes used by Apple include these commonly found :

  • com.apple.FinderInfo

  • com.apple.LaunchServices.OpenWith

  • com.apple.ResourceFork

  • com.apple.TextEncoding

  • com.apple.genstore.info

  • com.apple.genstore.orig_perms_v1

  • com.apple.genstore.origdisplayname

  • com.apple.genstore.origposixname

  • com.apple.metadata:com_apple_backup_excludeItem

  • com.apple.quarantine

Example

FileSystem.GetFileDetails(FilePath:"c:\path\file.txt", ComputeHash:true);

Platforms

  • Windows

  • Linux

  • MacOS

Notes

Calculating the hash can be expensive so it is optional.

Some result columns may not apply to the platform that the agent is running on, for instance on Unix it is not possible to determine when a file system item was created. In such circumstances the row will contain empty cells for those columns that are not applicable to the platform.

This method has been restricted to only search the local computer for the translation of SIDs into "domain\user".

If the Owner/Group SID identifies a user in a domain (i.e. not local to the device), then the SID will be stringized into the "S-1-5-21-xxx-yyy" format.

The reason for this local lookup only is that the Agents involved will all be running the instruction at roughly the same time and thus this could be interpreted as a denial of service attack on the domain controllers.

Important

OneDrive can report a file creation time after the last modified time.

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