Get information about a file or directory

You can get information about a file or directory using the files.getInfo() / files.get_info() methods. Information such as file name, type, and path is returned.

Getting information about a file

JavaScript & TypeScript

import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'

const sandbox = await Sandbox.create()

// Create a new file
await sandbox.files.write('test_file.txt', 'Hello, world!')

// Get information about the file
const info = await sandbox.files.getInfo('test_file.txt')

console.log(info)
// {
//   name: 'test_file.txt',
//   type: 'file',
//   path: '/home/user/test_file.txt',
//   size: 13,
//   mode: 0o644, 
//   permissions: '-rw-r--r--',
//   owner: 'user',
//   group: 'user',
//   modifiedTime: '2025-05-26T12:00:00.000Z',
//   symlinkTarget: null
// }

Getting information about a directory

JavaScript & TypeScript

import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'

const sandbox = await Sandbox.create()

// Create a new directory
await sandbox.files.makeDir('test_dir')

// Get information about the directory
const info = await sandbox.files.getInfo('test_dir')

console.log(info)
// {
//   name: 'test_dir',
//   type: 'dir',
//   path: '/home/user/test_dir',
//   size: 0,
//   mode: 0o755,
//   permissions: 'drwxr-xr-x',
//   owner: 'user',
//   group: 'user',
//   modifiedTime: '2025-05-26T12:00:00.000Z',
//   symlinkTarget: null
// }