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The File class includes the following static
properties that provide some useful information about the file system:
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Property
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Description
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File.lineEnding
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The line-ending character sequence used
by the host operating system. On Mac OS and Linux, this is the line-feed
character. On Windows, this is the carriage return character followed
by the line-feed character.
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File.separator
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The host operating system's path component
separator character. On Mac OS and Linux, this is the forward slash
(/) character. On Windows, it is the backslash (\) character.
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File.systemCharset
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The default encoding used for files by the
host operating system. This pertains to the character set used by
the operating system, corresponding to its language.
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The
Capabilities
class also includes useful
system information that can be useful when working with files:
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Property
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Description
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Capabilities.hasIME
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Specifies whether the player is running
on a system that does (
true
) or does not (
false
)
have an input method editor (IME) installed.
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Capabilities.language
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Specifies the language code of the system
on which the player is running.
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Capabilities.os
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Specifies the current operating system.
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Note:
Be careful when using
Capabilities.os
to
determine system characteristics. If a more specific property exists
to determine a system characteristic, use it. Otherwise, you run
the risk of writing code that does not work correctly on all platforms.
For example, consider the following code:
var separator:String;
if (Capablities.os.indexOf("Mac") > -1)
{
separator = "/";
}
else
{
separator = "\\";
}
This code leads to problems on Linux. It is better to simply
use the
File.separator
property.
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