Platform SDK: Files and I/O |
The following are defragmentation control codes.
Value | Meaning | |
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FSCTL_GET_RETRIEVAL_POINTERS | Get information about a file's cluster use. | |
FSCTL_GET_VOLUME_BITMAP | Get a bitmap of cluster allocation. | |
FSCTL_MOVE_FILE | Move all or part of a file from one set of clusters to another within a volume. |
The following control codes are used with file compression.
Value | Meaning |
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FSCTL_GET_COMPRESSION | Obtains the compression state of a file or directory |
FSCTL_SET_COMPRESSION | Sets the compression state of a file or directory. |
The following control codes are used with NTFS change journals.
Value | Meaning |
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FSCTL_CREATE_USN_JOURNAL | Creates an NTFS change journal stream on a target volume or modifies an existing change journal stream. |
FSCTL_DELETE_USN_JOURNAL | Deletes the NTFS change journal on a volume or awaits notification of deletion of an NTFS change journal. |
FSCTL_ENUM_USN_DATA | Creates an enumeration that lists the NTFS change journal entries between two specified boundaries. |
FSCTL_MARK_HANDLE | Marks a specified file or directory and its NTFS change journal record with information about changes to that file or directory. |
FSCTL_QUERY_USN_JOURNAL | Queries for information on the current NTFS change journal, its records, and its capacity. |
FSCTL_READ_USN_JOURNAL | Returns to the calling process the set of NTFS change journal records between two specified USN values. |
FSCTL_WRITE_USN_CLOSE_RECORD | Generates a record in the change journal stream for the input file. This record will have the USN_REASON_CLOSE flag. |
The following control codes are used with opportunistic locks.
Value | Meaning |
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FSCTL_OPBATCH_ACK_CLOSE_PENDING | Notifies a server that a client application is about to close a file. An application uses this operation following notification that an opportunistic lock on the file is about to be broken. |
FSCTL_OPLOCK_BREAK_ACK_NO_2 | Responds to notification that an opportunistic lock on a file is about to be broken. An application uses this operation to loose all opportunistic locks on the file but keep the file open. |
FSCTL_OPLOCK_BREAK_ACKNOWLEDGE | Responds to notification that an exclusive opportunistic lock on a file is about to be broken. An application uses this operation to indicate that the file should receive a level 2 opportunistic lock. |
FSCTL_OPLOCK_BREAK_NOTIFY | Allows the calling application to wait for completion of an opportunistic lock break. |
FSCTL_REQUEST_BATCH_OPLOCK | Requests a batch opportunistic lock on a file. |
FSCTL_REQUEST_FILTER_OPLOCK | Requests a filter opportunistic lock on a file. |
FSCTL_REQUEST_OPLOCK_LEVEL_1 | Requests a level 1 opportunistic lock on a file. |
FSCTL_REQUEST_OPLOCK_LEVEL_2 | Requests a level 2 opportunistic lock on a file. |
The following control codes are used with reparse points.
Value | Meaning |
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FSCTL_DELETE_REPARSE_POINT | Deletes a reparse point for a file or directory. |
FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT | Returns reparse point data for a file or directory. |
FSCTL_SET_REPARSE_POINT | Sets a reparse point on a file or directory. |
The following control codes are used with sparse files.
Value | Meaning |
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FSCTL_QUERY_ALLOCATED_RANGES | Scans a file for ranges of the file for which disk space is allocated. |
FSCTL_SET_SPARSE | Marks a file as a sparse file. |
FSCTL_SET_ZERO_DATA | Sets a range of a files bytes to zeroes. |