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If you are writing a 32-bit application to list all the files in a directory and the application may be run (which fails if the file does not exist). One possible solution is to use the CreateFile function withĬREATE_NEW (which fails if the file exists) or OPEN_EXISTING If this is a potential concern for your application,

Query for the result and the time you act on the information. To examine the files and directories inīe aware that some other thread or process could create or delete a file with this name between the time you For example, an argument of "C:\Windows" returns information about theĭirectory "C:\Windows", not about a directory or file in To examine a directory that is not a root directory, use the path to that directory, without a trailingīackslash. That points to the share itself for example, "\\Server\Share" is not valid. On network shares, you can use an lpFileName in the form of the following: LpFileName parameter is not a valid use of this function.
WINDOWS FIND FILE TYPE WINDOWS
Starting with Windows 10, Version 1607, you can opt-in to remove the MAX_PATH limitation without prepending "\\?\". For more information, see Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces. To extend this limit to 32,767 wide characters, prepend "\\?\" to the path. The root and all subdirectories on the path.īy default, the name is limited to MAX_PATH characters.

If the string ends with a wildcard, period (.), or directory name, the user must have access permissions to Or a string that is missing the terminating null character), or end in a trailing backslash (\). This parameter should not be NULL, an invalid string (for example, an empty string The file name can include wildcard characters, for example, an asterisk The directory or path, and the file name. To perform this operation as a transacted operation, use theįindFirstFileTransacted function. To specify additional attributes to use in a search, use the Searches a directory for a file or subdirectory with a name that matches a specific name (or partial
