[ros-dev] Re: [ros-svn] [hbirr] 17912: The share disposition isn't necessary for FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES.

[Thomas Weidenmueller]

[e-mail] wrote:
> The share disposition isn't necessary for FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES.

Actually this prevents opening the file during the operation. A better
candidate for GetFileAttributesEx is NtQueryFullAttributesFile which
accepts a OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES structure instead of a handle, so there's no
need to even open the file at all.

Best Regards,

Thomas