FindFirstStreamW function

Enumerates the first stream with a ::$DATA stream type in the specified file or directory.

To perform this operation as a transacted operation, use the FindFirstStreamTransactedW function.

Syntax

HANDLE WINAPI FindFirstStreamW(
  _In_       LPCWSTR            lpFileName,
  _In_       STREAM_INFO_LEVELS InfoLevel,
  _Out_      LPVOID             lpFindStreamData,
  _Reserved_ DWORD              dwFlags
);

Parameters

lpFileName [in]

The fully qualified file name.

InfoLevel [in]

The information level of the returned data. This parameter is one of the values in the STREAM_INFO_LEVELS enumeration type.

Value	Meaning
FindStreamInfoStandard 0	The data is returned in a WIN32_FIND_STREAM_DATA structure.

 

lpFindStreamData [out]

A pointer to a buffer that receives the file stream data. The format of this data depends on the value of the InfoLevel parameter.

dwFlags

Reserved for future use. This parameter must be zero.

Return value

If the function succeeds, the return value is a search handle that can be used in subsequent calls to the FindNextStreamW function.

If the function fails, the return value is INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

If no streams can be found, the function fails and GetLastError returns ERROR_HANDLE_EOF (38).

Remarks

The FindFirstStreamW function opens a search handle and returns information about the first ::$DATA stream in the specified file or directory. For files, this is always the default data stream, "::$DATA". After the search handle has been established, use it in the FindNextStreamW function to search for other streams in the specified file or directory. When the search handle is no longer needed, it should be closed using the FindClose function.

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

SMB 3.0 supports list of streams less than or equal to 64K.

Requirements

See also

File Management Functions

FindClose

FindFirstStreamTransactedW

FindNextStreamW

STREAM_INFO_LEVELS

WIN32_FIND_STREAM_DATA