Resumen
When used with the Describe function, a File returns a dataType of "File".
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File properties example (stand-alone script)
The following stand-alone script displays some Describe Object Properties for a file.
import arcpy
# Create a Describe object
#
desc = arcpy.Describe("C:/data/Install.log")
# Print some Describe Object properties for the file
#
print "Data Type: " + desc.dataType
print "Path: " + desc.path
print "Base Name: " + desc.baseName
print "Extension: " + desc.extension