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PRIORITY_HINT enumeration

Defines values that are used with the FILE_IO_PRIORITY_HINT_INFO structure to specify the priority hint for a file I/O operation.

Syntax


typedef enum _PRIORITY_HINT { 
  IoPriorityHintVeryLow      = 0,
  IoPriorityHintLow,
  IoPriorityHintNormal,
  MaximumIoPriorityHintType
} PRIORITY_HINT;

Constants

IoPriorityHintVeryLow

The lowest possible priority hint level. The system uses this value for background I/O operations.

IoPriorityHintLow

A low-priority hint level.

IoPriorityHintNormal

A normal-priority hint level. This value is the default setting for an I/O operation.

MaximumIoPriorityHintType

This value is used for validation. Supported values are less than this value.

Requirements

Minimum supported client

Windows Vista [desktop apps only]

Minimum supported server

Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]

Header

WinBase.h (include Windows.h)

See also

FILE_IO_PRIORITY_HINT_INFO
SetFileInformationByHandle

 

 

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