[python-win32] get file tags in windows7 vista

[David Hutto]

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 3:20 AM, nonino <noa.grasdovitch at live.biu.ac.il> wrote:
>
> Ok, Lets start from the beginning:
> I am doing a PhD in information science. As part of my study I am studying
> the use of folders vs. tags. starting from windows vista there is an option
> in windows to add tags to office files photos and other file formats. In the
> first part of my experience I will run on the participant's computer a
> program (the one that I am trying to write:)) that return the ouput: 1000
> files in total: 100 in under folder hierarchy of 4, 300 under folder
> hierarchy of 3 600 under folder hierarchy of 2. (I wrote this program with
> os.walk) then I will teach the participants how to use the tag options and
> will ask them to tag their files for the next 2 weeks.
> After two weeks I would like to run again the program and now to see how
> many tags were added.

So you have a tag. This is a specific mark, a regular expression. You
need to search for the instances of this tag in a file, and then
utilize the info in between these tags. Us sophisticated doctors and
PhD's would splice out the info in between tags, right?:)

help(re)

And scientific method from there.


so the output will be for example: 1010 files in
> total: 105 in under folder hierarchy of 4, 305 under folder hierarchy of 3
> 600 under folder hierarchy of 2. 7 files with 3 tags 3 files with 2 tags 10
> files with 1 tag.
> So, please help me. how can I get those tags out of the files?
>
>
> David Hutto-2 wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:36 PM, nonino <noa.grasdovitch at live.biu.ac.il>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> First I would like to say that I really searched the net but couldn't
>>> find
>>> an answer... (I found someone who asked the same question but couldn't
>>> track
>>> him/her).
>>>
>>> I am trying to read file tags in windows7 and/or vista.
>>> How can I do that?
>>> I have tried win32file.getAttributesEx('my file name') and all I got is
>>> date
>>> I tried to add FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM and got that this level is not
>>> supported.
>>>
>>> Can you please help me? I am trying to write this little program for my
>>> PhD
>>> but with no luck...
>>> Thanks,
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:36 PM, nonino <noa.grasdovitch at live.biu.ac.il>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> First I would like to say that I really searched the net but couldn't
>>> find
>>> an answer... (I found someone who asked the same question but couldn't
>>> track
>>> him/her).
>>
>> Maybe:
>> http://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=file+tags+in+windows7+and%2For+vista&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
>>
>>>
>>> I am trying to read file tags in windows7 and/or vista.
>>> How can I do that?
>>> I have tried win32file.getAttributesEx('my file name') and all I got is
>>> date
>>> I tried to add FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM and got that this level is not
>>> supported.
>>>
>>> Can you please help me? I am trying to write this little program for my
>>> PhD
>>> but with no luck...
>>
>> PhD implies you provide more info.
>>
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Noa
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