File Management Control Codes (Windows)

File Management Control Codes

The following control codes are used in file management.

Control code	Operation
FSCTL_ALLOW_EXTENDED_DASD_IO	Signals the file system driver not to perform any I/O boundary checks on partition read or write calls. Instead, boundary checks are performed by the device driver.
FSCTL_FILESYSTEM_GET_STATISTICS	Retrieves statistics from the file system.
FSCTL_FIND_FILES_BY_SID	Searches a directory for a file whose creator owner matches the specified SID.
FSCTL_GET_NTFS_FILE_RECORD	Retrieves the complete NTFS file system file record identified by the specified file identifier.
FSCTL_RECALL_FILE	Recalls a file from storage media managed by Remote Storage, the hierarchical storage management software.
FSCTL_SET_ZERO_ON_DEALLOCATION	Indicates an NTFS file system file handle should have its clusters filled with zeros when it is deallocated.

The following control codes are used with file compression and decompression.

Control code	Operation
FSCTL_GET_COMPRESSION	Obtains the compression state of a file or directory.
FSCTL_SET_COMPRESSION	Sets the compression state of a file or directory.

The following control codes are used with object identifiers.

Control code	Operation
FSCTL_CREATE_OR_GET_OBJECT_ID	Creates or retrieves the object identifier for the specified file or directory.
FSCTL_DELETE_OBJECT_ID	Removes the object identifier from the specified file or directory.
FSCTL_GET_OBJECT_ID	Retrieves the object identifier for the specified file or directory.
FSCTL_SET_OBJECT_ID	Sets the object identifier for the specified file or directory.
FSCTL_SET_OBJECT_ID_EXTENDED	Modifies user data associated with the object identifier of the specified file or directory.

The following control codes are used with opportunistic locks.

Control code	Operation
FSCTL_OPBATCH_ACK_CLOSE_PENDING	Notifies a server that a client application is about to close a file. An application uses this operation following notification that an opportunistic lock on the file is about to be broken.
FSCTL_OPLOCK_BREAK_ACK_NO_2	Responds to notification that an opportunistic lock on a file is about to be broken. An application uses this operation to unlock all opportunistic locks on the file but keep the file open.
FSCTL_OPLOCK_BREAK_ACKNOWLEDGE	Responds to notification that an exclusive opportunistic lock on a file is about to be broken. An application uses this operation to indicate that the file should receive a level 2 opportunistic lock.
FSCTL_OPLOCK_BREAK_NOTIFY	Allows the calling application to wait for completion of an opportunistic lock break.
FSCTL_REQUEST_BATCH_OPLOCK	Requests a batch opportunistic lock on a file.
FSCTL_REQUEST_FILTER_OPLOCK	Requests a filter opportunistic lock on a file.
FSCTL_REQUEST_OPLOCK	Requests an opportunistic lock on a file.
FSCTL_REQUEST_OPLOCK_LEVEL_1	Requests a level 1 opportunistic lock on a file.
FSCTL_REQUEST_OPLOCK_LEVEL_2	Requests a level 2 opportunistic lock on a file.

The following control codes are used with sparse files.

Control code	Operation
FSCTL_QUERY_ALLOCATED_RANGES	Scans a file for ranges of the file for which disk space is allocated.
FSCTL_SET_SPARSE	Marks a file as a sparse file.
FSCTL_SET_ZERO_DATA	Sets a range of a files bytes to zeroes.

The following control codes are used with the NTFS self-healing mechanism.

Control code	Operation
FSCTL_GET_REPAIR	Retrieves information about the NTFS file system's self-healing mechanism.
FSCTL_INITIATE_REPAIR	Triggers the NTFS file system to start a self-healing cycle on a single file.
FSCTL_SET_REPAIR	Sets the mode of an NTFS file system's self-healing capability.
FSCTL_WAIT_FOR_REPAIR	Returns when the specified repairs are completed.

The following control codes are used with UDF.

Control code	Operation
FSCTL_MAKE_MEDIA_COMPATIBLE	Closes an open UDF session on write-once media to make the media ROM compatible. Used in conjunction with FILE_SEQUENTIAL_WRITE_ONCE volume flag. This call must be issued on the volume handle.
FSCTL_QUERY_ON_DISK_VOLUME_INFO	Requests UDF-specific volume information.
FSCTL_QUERY_SPARING_INFO	Retrieves the defect management properties of the volume. Used for UDF file systems.
FSCTL_SET_DEFECT_MANAGEMENT	Sets the software defect management state for the specified file. Used for UDF file systems.

Build date: 11/12/2009