def _file_model_from_path(self, path, content=False, format=None):
        """
        Build a file model from database record.
        """
        model = base_model(path)
        model["type"] = "file"
        if self.fs.isfile(path):
            model["last_modified"] = model["created"] = self.fs.lstat(path)["ST_MTIME"]
        else:
            model["last_modified"] = model["created"] = DUMMY_CREATED_DATE
        if content:
            try:
                content = self.fs.read(path)
            except NoSuchFile as e:
                self.no_such_entity(e.path)
            except GenericFSError as e:
                self.do_error(str(e), 500)
            model["format"] = format or "text"
            model["content"] = content
            model["mimetype"] = mimetypes.guess_type(path)[0] or "text/plain"
            if format == "base64":
                model["format"] = format or "base64"
                from base64 import b64decode
                model["content"] = b64decode(content)
        return model
Build a file model from database record.