Results of GetFileInformationByHandle() Under Win32s (123813)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Win32s 1.3c
  • Microsoft Win32s 1.3
  • Microsoft Win32s 1.30a

This article was previously published under Q123813

SUMMARY

The GetFileInformationByHandle() function returns information about the given file in a structure of type BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION.

The following are the BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION structure fields and the values they contain under Win32s:
   dwFileAttributes - Always 0 in version 1.2 (A bug that has been fixed.)
   ftCreationTime - Always 0. (An MS-DOS file system limitation.)
   ftLastAccessTime  - Always 0. (An MS-DOS file system limitation.)
   ftLastWriteTime - Correct value.
   dwVolumeSerialNumber - Always 0. (A Win32s limitation.)
   nFileSizeHigh - Correct value.
   nFileSizeLow - Correct value.
   nNumberOfLinks - Always 1.
   nFileIndexHigh - Always 0. (A Win32s limitation.)
   nFileIndexLow - Always 0. (A Win32s limitation.)
				

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:3/15/2004
Keywords:KB123813