---
title: "LakeFile"
description: "one file of a partition"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/lakefile
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# LakeFile

one file of a partition

[figure: LakeFile is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | none |
| store | none |
| family | record |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `path` | `text` | yes |  |
| `hash` | `hash` | yes |  |
| `bytes` | `bytes` | yes |  |
| `rows` | `count` | yes |  |
| `modified` | `time` | no | when the file last changed, as the file system reports it; a reader hashes a file again only when its bytes or this time moved, so a reading grows by the files that arrived |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns LakeFile directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.