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Run commands and manage E2B sandboxes and snapshots

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File → Get Info

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Summary

Retrieve metadata information about a specified file or directory inside an E2B sandbox.

Inputs

  • Sandbox ID (required) — ID of the sandbox to work with.
  • Path (required) — Filesystem path inside the sandbox pointing to the file or directory.
  • Timeout — Timeout for the operation in seconds, defaulting to 300.

Output shape

a single record containing file or directory metadata such as name, type, path, size, permissions, owner, group, modification time, symlink target, and associated sandbox ID.

Returns detailed file info as JSON; throws an error if the file or directory is not found or the operation fails.

Examples

Example 1: Get information on a file in a sandbox

Specify sandboxId and the file path to retrieve metadata about that file.

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