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IO_CREATE_STREAM_FILE_OPTIONS structure (ntifs.h)

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The IO_CREATE_STREAM_FILE_OPTIONS structure contains the create options for a new stream file object.

Syntax

typedef struct _IO_CREATE_STREAM_FILE_OPTIONS {
  USHORT         Size;
  USHORT         Flags;
  PDEVICE_OBJECT TargetDeviceObject;
} IO_CREATE_STREAM_FILE_OPTIONS, *PIO_CREATE_STREAM_FILE_OPTIONS;

Members

Size

Size in bytes of the stream options structure. Set to sizeof(IO_CREATE_STREAM_FILE_OPTIONS).

Flags

The flags for the stream file create options. This value can be one of the following.

Value Meaning
IO_CREATE_STREAM_FILE_RAISE_ON_ERROR On an error condition, IoCreateStreamFileObjectEx2 will raise the error status as an exception instead of returning it. This flag is specified to maintain error status behavior of the other stream file object creation routines.
IO_CREATE_STREAM_FILE_LITE A file object is created with out a file handle. No close operation is sent for the file object when it is deleted.

TargetDeviceObject

A pointer to the device object to set as the target for operations on the file handle. TargetDeviceObject must be in the same device stack as DeviceObject parameter. This member is optional.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 8
Header ntifs.h

See also

IoCreateStreamFileObjectEx2