# OtherMeta

The **OtherMeta** object is retrieved from the [**Metadata**](metadata)**.other** property. It provides access to miscellaneous information about the file or folder.

| Property Name  | Return Type               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| -------------- | ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| autodesc       | _string_                  | An automatically generated description string for the item. This is the same string that is shown in the Description column in a Lister. Opus automatically generates the description for various types of files using the other metadata in ways that make the most sense. |
| dircount       | _int_                     | For a folder, the size of which has been calculated via [**GetSizes**](../../command_reference/internal_commands/getsizes) or similar, this provides the number of sub-folders directly underneath the folder.                                                              |
| dircounttotal  | _int_                     | Similar to **dircount**, this provides the total number of sub-folders underneath the folder (this is a recursive count - it includes sub-sub-folders, sub-sub-sub-folders, etc.)                                                                                           |
| filecount      | _int_                     | For a folder, the size of which has been calculated via [**GetSizes**](../../command_reference/internal_commands/getsizes) or similar, this provides the number of files directly located in that folder.                                                                   |
| filecounttotal | _int_                     | Similar to **filecount**, this provides the total number of files in the folder and all its sub-folders, sub-sub-folders, etc.                                                                                                                                              |
| foldercontents | _string_                  | For a folder, the size of which has been calculated via [**GetSizes**](../../command_reference/internal_commands/getsizes) or similar, this returns a string giving a summary of the contents of the folder.                                                                |
| nsdesc         | _string_                  | A description automatically generated for the item by its parent virtual file system.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| rating         | _int_                     | Returns the user-assigned rating for this file or folder.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| target         | _object:_[**Path**](path) | Returns a [**Path**](path) object representing the target path of shortcuts and links.                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| target\_type   | _string_                  | Returns a _string_ indicating the type of the link (_unknown_, _linkfile_, _dosfile_, _url_, _junction_, _softlink_).                                                                                                                                                       |
| usercomment    | string                    | Returns the user-assigned description for the file or folder.                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
