Windows apps
Collapse the table of content
Expand the table of content
Information
The topic you requested is included in another documentation set. For convenience, it's displayed below. Choose Switch to see the topic in its original location.

FILE_SET_SPARSE_BUFFER structure

Specifies the sparse state to be set.

Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP:  This structure is optional. For more information, see FSCTL_SET_SPARSE.

Syntax


typedef struct _FILE_SET_SPARSE_BUFFER {
  BOOLEAN SetSparse;
} FILE_SET_SPARSE_BUFFER, *PFILE_SET_SPARSE_BUFFER;

Members

SetSparse

If TRUE, makes the file sparse.

If FALSE, makes the file not sparse.

Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista:  A value of FALSE for this member is valid only on files that no longer have any sparse regions. For more information, see FSCTL_SET_SPARSE.

Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP:  A value of FALSE for this member is not supported. Specifying FALSE will cause the FSCTL_SET_SPARSE call to fail.

Requirements

Minimum supported client

Windows XP [desktop apps only]

Minimum supported server

Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]

Header

WinIoCtl.h (include Windows.h)

See also

DeviceIoControl
FSCTL_SET_SPARSE

 

 

Show:
© 2017 Microsoft