On 6/21/07, Andrew Coppin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
OK, a few questions...
1. Is there *any* way to determine how large a file is *without* opening
it? The only library function I can find to do with file sizes is
hFileSize; obviously this only works for files that you have permission
to open!
I think you must open file in Windows to get the size for it, but I am not
100% sure. (That might be the reason you see sometimes files that
are just created with size 0 even as process writes to them - file is locked.)
2. Is there any way to discover Windoze-style "attributes" for files?
(Read-only, archive, system, hidden, et al.)
Fraser posted some functions to help with this. However, those attributes are
mostly outdated unless you are workin on old Windows. For real file rights,
more in line with traditional unix right would be file ACLs. (There's useful
flags there, too.) Unfortunately Security api isn't in Win32 package.
Best regards,
Esa
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