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This structure contains information obtained by the GetFileInformationByHandlefunction.
Syntax
typedef struct _BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION { DWORD dwFileAttributes; FILETIME ftCreationTime; FILETIME ftLastAccessTime; FILETIME ftLastWriteTime; DWORD dwVolumeSerialNumber; DWORD nFileSizeHigh; DWORD nFileSizeLow; DWORD nNumberOfLinks; DWORD nFileIndexHigh; DWORD nFileIndexLow; DWORD dwOID; } BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION; |
Members
- dwFileAttributes
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File attributes. The following table shows possible values.
Value Description FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE
Indicates that the file or directory is an archive file. Applications use this attribute to mark files for backup or removal.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED
Indicates that the file or directory is compressed. For a file, this means that all 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
Indicates that the handle identifies a directory.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ENCRYPTED
Indicates that 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 directories.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN
Indicates that the file or directory is hidden. It is not included in an ordinary directory listing.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_INROM
Indicates that the file is an operating system file stored in ROM. These files are read-only. They cannot be modified.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL
Indicates that the file has no other attributes. This attribute is valid only if used alone.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY
Indicates that 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
Indicates that the file has an associated reparse point.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ROMMODULE
Indicates that this file is an operating system file stored in ROM, designed to execute in place. In other words, code from this file runs directly from ROM, rather than being first copied to RAM. The CreateFilefunction cannot be used to access this file. Instead the LoadLibraryand the CreateProcessfunctions must be used.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ROMSTATICREF
Indicates that the DLL module is implicitly linked to another module in the ROM file system. This prevents the DLL module from being replaced by a RAM version of the DLL.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE_FILE
Indicates that the file is a sparse file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM
Indicates that the file or directory is part of the operating system or is used exclusively by the operating system.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY
Indicates that the file is being used for temporary storage. File systems attempt to keep all data in memory for quicker access, rather than flushing the data back to mass storage. A temporary file should be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed.
- ftCreationTime
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Time at which the file was created. If the underlying file system does not support this member, it is set to zero.
- ftLastAccessTime
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Time at which the file was last accessed. If the underlying file system does not support this member, it is set to zero.
- ftLastWriteTime
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Last time the file was written to.
- dwVolumeSerialNumber
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Serial number of the volume that contains the file.
- nFileSizeHigh
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High-order word of the file size.
- nFileSizeLow
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Low-order word of the file size.
- nNumberOfLinks
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Number of links to this file. For the FAT file system, this member is always set to 1.
- nFileIndexHigh
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High-order word of a unique identifier associated with the file.
- nFileIndexLow
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Low-order word of a unique identifier associated with the file. This identifier and the volume serial number uniquely identify a file. This number can change when the system is restarted or when the file is opened. After a process opens a file, the identifier is constant until the file is closed. An application can use this identifier and the volume serial number to determine whether two handles refer to the same file.
- dwOID
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Object identifier (OID) of the file. This parameter is valid only on files that are stored in the object store. Files on external file systems do not have object identifiers associated with them.
Note: Windows CE 2.12 and earlier assigned OIDs to objects in other file systems, such as the FAT file system. These OIDs were guaranteed to be unique within a volume, but not across multiple volumes. Effective with Windows CE 3.0, the only file and directory objects that have valid, unique OIDs are in the object store. Database objects, on any file system, have valid, unique OIDs.
Remarks
Not all file systems can record creation and last access time, and not all file systems record them in the same manner. For example, the object store RAM file system maintains only the last modified time.
Requirements
Header | winbase.h |
Windows Embedded CE | Windows CE 1.0 and later |
Windows Mobile | Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later |