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IVssCreateExpressWriterMetadata::AddFilesToFileGroup method (vswriter.h)

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Adds a file set (a specified file or files) to a specified file group component for an express writer.

Syntax

HRESULT AddFilesToFileGroup(
  [in] LPCWSTR wszLogicalPath,
  [in] LPCWSTR wszGroupName,
  [in] LPCWSTR wszPath,
  [in] LPCWSTR wszFilespec,
  [in] bool    bRecursive,
  [in] LPCWSTR wszAlternateLocation,
  [in] DWORD   dwBackupTypeMask
);

Parameters

[in] wszLogicalPath

A pointer to a null-terminated wide character string containing the logical path (which may be NULL) of the component to which to add the files. For more information, see Logical Pathing of Components.

[in] wszGroupName

A pointer to a null-terminated wide character string containing the name of the file group component. The type of this component must be VSS_CT_FILEGROUP; otherwise, the method will return an error.

[in] wszPath

A pointer to a null-terminated wide character string containing the default root directory of the files to be added.

The path can contain environment variables (for example, %SystemRoot%) but cannot contain wildcard characters.

There is no requirement that the path end with a backslash (\). It is up to applications that retrieve this information to check.

[in] wszFilespec

A pointer to a null-terminated wide character string containing the file specification of the files to be included.

A file specification cannot contain directory specifications (for example, no backslashes) but can contain the ? and * wildcard characters.

[in] bRecursive

A Boolean value specifying whether the path specified by the wszPath parameter identifies only a single directory or if it indicates a hierarchy of directories to be traversed recursively. This parameter should be set to true if the path is treated as a hierarchy of directories to be recursed through, or false otherwise.

For information on traversing over mounted folders, see Working with Mounted Folders and Reparse Points.

[in] wszAlternateLocation

This parameter is reserved and must be NULL.

[in] dwBackupTypeMask

A bitmask of VSS_FILE_SPEC_BACKUP_TYPE enumeration values to indicate if a writer should evaluate the file for participation in a certain type of backup operations.

This parameter cannot include VSS_FSBT_DIFFERENTIAL_BACKUP_REQUIRED, VSS_FSBT_INCREMENTAL_BACKUP_REQUIRED, or VSS_FSBT_LOG_BACKUP_REQUIRED.

The default value for this argument is (VSS_FSBT_ALL_BACKUP_REQUIRED | VSS_FSBT_ALL_SNAPSHOT_REQUIRED).

Return value

The following are the valid return codes for this method.

Value Meaning
S_OK
 The operation was successful.
E_INVALIDARG
 One of the parameter values is not valid, or the caller attempted to add file-group files to a non-file-group component.
E_OUTOFMEMORY
 The caller is out of memory or other system resources.
VSS_E_INVALID_XML_DOCUMENT
 The XML document is not valid. Check the event log for details. For more information, see Event and Error Handling Under VSS.
VSS_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND
 The specified component does not exist.
VSS_E_UNEXPECTED
 Unexpected error. The error code is logged in the error log file. For more information, see Event and Error Handling Under VSS.

Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP:  This value is not supported until Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. E_UNEXPECTED is used instead.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 7 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 R2 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header vswriter.h (include Vss.h, VsWriter.h)
Library VssApi.lib

See also

IVssCreateExpressWriterMetadata