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=== Sample Code === | === Sample Code === | ||
<pre class="CODESAMP"> #include <windows.h | <pre class="CODESAMP"> #include <windows.h> | ||
#include <stdio.h | #include <stdio.h> | ||
void main( ) | void main( ) | ||
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printf( "Cannot open testfile\n" ); | printf( "Cannot open testfile\n" ); | ||
else | else | ||
WriteFile( hFile, "This is testfile", 16, & | WriteFile( hFile, "This is testfile", 16, &dwRet, NULL ); | ||
hStream = CreateFile( "testfile:stream", | hStream = CreateFile( "testfile:stream", | ||
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printf( "Cannot open testfile:stream\n" ); | printf( "Cannot open testfile:stream\n" ); | ||
else | else | ||
WriteFile(hStream, "This is testfile:stream", 23, & | WriteFile(hStream, "This is testfile:stream", 23, &dwRet, NULL); | ||
} </pre> | } </pre> | ||
The file size obtained in a directory listing is 16, because you are looking only at "testfile", and therefore | The file size obtained in a directory listing is 16, because you are looking only at "testfile", and therefore |
Latest revision as of 12:24, 21 July 2020
HOWTO: Use NTFS Alternate Data Streams |
Q105763
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT, versions 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
SUMMARY
The documentation for the NTFS file system states that NTFS supports multiple streams of data; however, the documentation does not address the syntax for the streams themselves.
The Windows NT Resource Kit documents the stream syntax as follows:
filename:stream
Alternate data streams are strictly a feature of the NTFS file system and may not be supported in future file systems. However, NTFS will be supported in future versions of Windows NT.
Future file systems will support a model based on OLE 2.0 structured storage (IStream and IStorage). By using OLE 2.0, an application can support multiple streams on any file system and all supported operating systems (Windows, Macintosh, Windows NT, and Win32s), not just Windows NT.
MORE INFORMATION
The following sample code demonstrates NTFS streams:
Sample Code
#include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> void main( ) { HANDLE hFile, hStream; DWORD dwRet; hFile = CreateFile( "testfile", GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, OPEN_ALWAYS, 0, NULL ); if( hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE ) printf( "Cannot open testfile\n" ); else WriteFile( hFile, "This is testfile", 16, &dwRet, NULL ); hStream = CreateFile( "testfile:stream", GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, OPEN_ALWAYS, 0, NULL ); if( hStream == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE ) printf( "Cannot open testfile:stream\n" ); else WriteFile(hStream, "This is testfile:stream", 23, &dwRet, NULL); }
The file size obtained in a directory listing is 16, because you are looking only at "testfile", and therefore
type testfile
produces the following:
This is testfile
However
type testfile:stream
produces the following:
The filename syntax is incorrect
In order to view what is in testfile:stream, use:
more < testfile:stream
-or-
mep testfile:stream
where "mep" is the Microsoft Editor available in the Platform SDK.
Additional query words:
Keywords : kbAPI kbFileIO kbKernBase kbOSWin2000 kbDSupport kbGrpDSKernBase
Issue type : kbhowto
Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin32sSearch kbWin32API
Last Reviewed: October 27, 2000 |