FILE_ALIGNMENT_INFO structure (winbase.h)

Contains alignment information for a file. This structure is returned from the GetFileInformationByHandleEx function when FileAlignmentInfo is passed in the FileInformationClass parameter.

Syntax

typedef struct _FILE_ALIGNMENT_INFO {
  ULONG AlignmentRequirement;
} FILE_ALIGNMENT_INFO, *PFILE_ALIGNMENT_INFO;

Members

AlignmentRequirement

Minimum alignment requirement, in bytes.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 8 [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2012 [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Header	winbase.h (include Windows.h)

See also

FILE_INFO_BY_HANDLE_CLASS

File Management Structures

GetFileInformationByHandleEx