The Get Info command displays an info window, which shows detailed information about remote files or folders.

To display an info window, select an item (or items) in a file list and choose Remote > Get Info.

If you hold down the Shift key while choosing this command, the command changes to Get Info for Other and Fetch will prompt you enter the name of a file or folder to get information about. Get Info for Other is only available when a transfer window is the active window.

If you hold down the Option key while choosing this command, it changes to Get Quick Info, which displays an info window without calculating the size of any selected folders.

The info window displays information about the name, kind, size, modification date, location, ownership and permissions, and transfer options of the selected item or items. You can rename items, set permissions, and change the transfer options using the info window.

You can use Get Info to find out how much space your files are taking up on your server, or how close you are to your server storage limit. When you select a set of files and folders and choose Get Info, Fetch calculates the disk space taken up not only by those items, but by the items inside the folders too. Either select all the files and folders in a remote folder, or select the parent folder of the items in question, and then choose Get Info. The combined size of all items will be displayed in the info window. For many items, or folders with a large number of items inside them, this may take a while.

See the info window topic for more information.

Related topics:

• Permissions
• Transfer Options
• Renaming files and folders

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