Retrieving File and Directory Information (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

Windows Embedded CE provides three functions for retrieving data about a file or directory, as shown in the following table.

Function	Description
GetFileAttributes	Returns the flag settings for the file attributes, including archive, compression, encryption, and read/write status.
GetFileSize	Returns the file size.
GetFileInformationByHandle	Returns the same information as the GetFileTime, the GetFileAttributes, and the GetFileSize functions, as well as other information, such as the creation time and location of the file pointer. It does not return the file object identifier.

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