FSCTL_DELETE_REPARSE_POINT control code
Deletes a reparse point from the specified file or directory. Using FSCTL_DELETE_REPARSE_POINT does not delete the file or directory.
To perform this operation, call the DeviceIoControl function with the following parameters.
BOOL DeviceIoControl( (HANDLE) hDevice, // handle to file or directory FSCTL_DELETE_REPARSE_POINT, // dwIoControlCode (LPVOID) lpInBuffer, // input buffer (DWORD) nInBufferSize, // size of input buffer NULL, // lpOutBuffer 0, // nOutBufferSize (LPDWORD) lpBytesReturned, // number of bytes returned (LPOVERLAPPED) lpOverlapped // OVERLAPPED structure );
Parameters
- hDevice
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A handle to the file or directory from which the reparse point is to be deleted. The handle must have write access to the file or directory. To retrieve a device handle, call the CreateFile function.
- dwIoControlCode
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The control code for the operation. Use FSCTL_DELETE_REPARSE_POINT for this operation.
- lpInBuffer
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A pointer to a REPARSE_GUID_DATA_BUFFER structure. The ReparseTag member must specify the tag of the reparse point to be deleted and the ReparseGuid member must specify the GUID of the reparse point to be deleted. The ReparseDataLength member must be zero.
- nInBufferSize
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The size of the lpInBuffer buffer, in bytes. This value must be the size indicated by REPARSE_GUID_DATA_BUFFER_HEADER_SIZE.
- lpOutBuffer
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Not used with this operation; set to NULL.
- nOutBufferSize
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Not used with this operation; set to zero.
- lpBytesReturned
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A pointer to a variable that receives the size of the data stored in the output buffer, in bytes.
If lpOverlapped is NULL, lpBytesReturned cannot be NULL. Even when an operation returns no output data and lpOutBuffer is NULL, DeviceIoControl makes use of lpBytesReturned. After such an operation, the value of lpBytesReturned is meaningless.
If lpOverlapped is not NULL, lpBytesReturned can be NULL. If this parameter is not NULL and the operation returns data, lpBytesReturned is meaningless until the overlapped operation has completed. To retrieve the number of bytes returned, call GetOverlappedResult. If hDevice is associated with an I/O completion port, you can retrieve the number of bytes returned by calling GetQueuedCompletionStatus.
- lpOverlapped
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A pointer to an OVERLAPPED structure.
If hDevice was opened without specifying FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, lpOverlapped is ignored.
If hDevice was opened with the FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED flag, the operation is performed as an overlapped (asynchronous) operation. In this case, lpOverlapped must point to a valid OVERLAPPED structure that contains a handle to an event object. Otherwise, the function fails in unpredictable ways.
For overlapped operations, DeviceIoControl returns immediately, and the event object is signaled when the operation has been completed. Otherwise, the function does not return until the operation has been completed or an error occurs.
Return value
If the operation completes successfully, DeviceIoControl returns a nonzero value.
If the operation fails or is pending, DeviceIoControl returns zero. For extended error information, call GetLastError.
Remarks
In Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, this code is supported by the following technologies.
| Technology | Supported |
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Server Message Block (SMB) 3.0 protocol |
Yes |
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SMB 3.0 Transparent Failover (TFO) |
Yes |
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SMB 3.0 with Scale-out File Shares (SO) |
Yes |
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Cluster Shared Volume File System (CsvFS) |
No |
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Resilient File System (ReFS) |
Yes |
CsvFs does not support reparse points.
Requirements
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Minimum supported client |
Windows XP [desktop apps only] |
|---|---|
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Minimum supported server |
Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only] |
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See also