FindNextStreamW function (fileapi.h)

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02/22/2024

Continues a stream search started by a previous call to the FindFirstStreamW function.

Syntax

BOOL FindNextStreamW(
  [in]  HANDLE hFindStream,
  [out] LPVOID lpFindStreamData
);

Parameters

[in] hFindStream

The search handle returned by a previous call to the FindFirstStreamW function.

[out] lpFindStreamData

A pointer to the WIN32_FIND_STREAM_DATA structure that receives information about the stream.

Return value

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError. If no more streams can be found, GetLastError returns ERROR_HANDLE_EOF (38).

Remarks

In Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, this function is supported by the following technologies.

Technology	Supported
Server Message Block (SMB) 3.0 protocol	Yes
SMB 3.0 Transparent Failover (TFO)	Yes
SMB 3.0 with Scale-out File Shares (SO)	Yes
Cluster Shared Volume File System (CsvFS)	Yes
Resilient File System (ReFS)	Yes

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	fileapi.h (include Windows.h, WinBase.h)
Library	Kernel32.lib
DLL	Kernel32.dll