FILE_LINK_INFORMATION

2OO1, 5 April

typedef struct _FILE_LINK_INFORMATION {



  BOOLEAN                 ReplaceIfExists;
  HANDLE                  RootDirectory;
  ULONG                   FileNameLength;
  WCHAR                   FileName[1];

} FILE_LINK_INFORMATION, *PFILE_LINK_INFORMATION;

Structure FILE_LINK_INFORMATION is used as input buffer for function NtSetInformationFile called with FileLinkInformation information class for make hard link to file.
On standart NT system only links to files are accepted. Caller cannot create link to directory (for Poxis compatibility reason).

ReplaceIfExists If set, and destination object already exists, it will be replaced with newly created link.

RootDirectory HANDLE to File Object specyfing directory where link should be placed. Can be NULL if FileName parameter contains full path.

FileNameLength Length of FileName array, in bytes.

FileName[1] UNICODE string specyfing name of link and optionally with path (see description of RootDirectory).

Documented by:

Tomasz Nowak

Bo Branten

Requirements:

Library: ntdll.lib

Undocumented functions of NTDLL