Managing Files

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Scripting Guide

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Managing files by using scripts is similar to managing folders. WMI treats files and folders as if they were essentially the same type of object; in fact, the properties and methods of the Win32_Directory and CIM_DataFile classes are identical. Files and folders are also similar in that they are not static entities; when you create a new file named C:\Scripts\ScriptLog.txt, there is no guarantee that it will be in the same place, under the same name, a year from now.

Instead, files might be renamed or be given a new file name extension. Files might be copied to multiple servers, moved to new locations, or deleted altogether. All of these tasks and more can be carried out programmatically using WMI and the Shell object.

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