WIN32_FIND

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This structure describes a file found by the FindFirstFileor FindNextFilefunction.

typedef struct _WIN32_FIND_DATA {
DWORD
dwFileAttributes
;
FILETIME
ftCreationTime
;
FILETIME
ftLastAccessTime
;
FILETIME
ftLastWriteTime
;
DWORD
nFileSizeHigh
;
DWORD
nFileSizeLow
;
DWORD
dwOID
;
TCHAR
cFileName
[MAX_PATH]
;
} WIN32_FIND_DATA;

Members

dwFileAttributes

Specifies the file attributes of the file found. It can be one or more of the following values:

Value	Description
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE	The file or directory is an archive file or directory. Applications use this attribute to mark files for backup or removal.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED	The file or directory is compressed. For a file, this means that all of the data in the file is compressed. For a directory, this means that compression is the default for newly created files and subdirectories.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY	The handle identifies a directory.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ENCRYPTED	The file or directory is encrypted. For a file, this means that all data streams are encrypted. For a directory, this means that encryption is the default for newly created files and subdirectories.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN	The file or directory is hidden. It is not included in an ordinary directory listing.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_INROM	This file is an operating system file stored in ROM. These files are read-only; they cannot be modified.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL	The file or directory has no other attributes set. This attribute is valid only if used alone.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY	The file or directory is read-only. Applications can read the file but cannot write to it or delete it. In the case of a directory, applications cannot delete it.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT	The file has an associated reparse point.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ROMMODULE	This file is an operating system file stored in ROM and executed directly from ROM, rather than being first copied to RAM. The CreateFilefunction cannot be used to access this file, instead the LoadLibraryand CreateProcessfunctions must be used.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ROMSTATICREF	The file is a DLL module that has a static reference from at least one other file that is in the modules section of the image. A file having this attribute can not replace the functionality of the DLL with a RAM copy of the same DLL. A file having this attribute must also have the FILE_ATTRIBUTE_INROM and FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ROMMODULE attributes.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE_FILE	The file is a sparse file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM	The file or directory is part of the operating system or is used exclusively by the operating system.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY	The file is being used for temporary storage. File systems attempt to keep all of the data in memory for quicker access, rather than flushing it back to mass storage. A temporary file should be deleted by the application as soon as it is no longer needed.

ftCreationTime

Specifies a FILETIMEstructure containing the time the file was created. FindFirstFileand FindNextFilereport filetimes in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format. These functions set the FILETIMEmembers to zero if the file system containing the file does not support this time member. You can use the FileTimeToLocalFileTimefunction to convert from UTC to local time, and then use the FileTimeToSystemTimefunction to convert the local time to a SYSTEMTIMEstructure containing individual members for the month, day, year, weekday, hour, minute, second, and millisecond.

ftLastAccessTime

Specifies a FILETIMEstructure containing the time that the file was last accessed. The time is in UTC format; the FILETIMEmembers are zero if the file system does not support this time member.

ftLastWriteTime

Specifies a FILETIMEstructure containing the time that the file was last written to. The time is in UTC format; the FILETIMEmembers are zero if the file system does not support this time member.

nFileSizeHigh

Specifies the high-order DWORDvalue of the file size, in bytes. This value is zero unless the file size is greater than MAXDWORD. The size of the file is equal to ( nFileSizeHigh * MAXDWORD) + nFileSizeLow.

nFileSizeLow

Specifies the low-order DWORDvalue of the file size, in bytes.

dwOID

Specifies the object identifier of the file.

cFileName

Null-terminated string that is the name of the file.

Remarks

If a file has a long file name, the complete name appears in the cFileNamemember, and the 8.3 format truncated version of the name appears in the cAlternateFileNamemember. Otherwise, cAlternateFileNameis empty. As an alternative, you can use the GetShortPathNamefunction to find the 8.3 format version of a file name.

Requirements

Runs on	Versions	Defined in	Include	Link to
Windows CE OS	1.0 and later	Winbase.h

Note This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.