FSCTL_DUPLICATE_EXTENTS_TO_FILE_EX control code

The FSCTL_DUPLICATE_EXTENTS_TO_FILE_EX control code instructs the file system to copy a range of file bytes on behalf of an application. The destination file may be the same as, or different from, the source file.

To perform this operation, call the DeviceIoControl function with the following parameters.

BOOL
   WINAPI
   DeviceIoControl( (HANDLE)       hDevice,         // handle to device
                    (DWORD)        FSCTL_DUPLICATE_EXTENTS_TO_FILE_EX, // dwIoControlCode
                    (LPDWORD)      lpInBuffer,      // input buffer
                    (DWORD)        nInBufferSize,   // size of input buffer
                    (LPDWORD)      lpOutBuffer,     // output buffer
                    (DWORD)        nOutBufferSize,  // size of output buffer
                    (LPDWORD)      lpBytesReturned, // number of bytes returned
                    (LPOVERLAPPED) lpOverlapped );  // OVERLAPPED structure

Parameters

• hDevice [in]: A handle to the device. To obtain a device handle, call the CreateFile function.

• dwIoControlCode [in]: The control code for the operation. Use FSCTL_DUPLICATE_EXTENTS_TO_FILE_EX for this operation.

• lpInBuffer [in]: A pointer to a DUPLICATE_EXTENTS_DATA_EX structure that specifies the source file, the source byte range, and the destination file offset to copy the range to.

• nInBufferSize [in]: The size of the input buffer, in bytes.

• lpOutBuffer [out]: Not used with this operation. Set to NULL.

• nOutBufferSize [in]: Not used with this operation. Set to zero (0).

• lpBytesReturned [out]: A pointer to a variable that receives the size of the data stored in the output buffer, in bytes.

  If the output buffer is too small, the call fails, GetLastError returns ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER, and lpBytesReturned is zero.

  If lpOverlapped is NULL, lpBytesReturned cannot be NULL. Even when an operation returns no output data and lpOutBuffer is NULL, DeviceIoControl makes use of lpBytesReturned. After such an operation, the value of lpBytesReturned is meaningless.

  If lpOverlapped is not NULL, lpBytesReturned can be NULL. If this parameter is not NULL and the operation returns data, lpBytesReturned is meaningless until the overlapped operation has completed. To retrieve the number of bytes returned, call GetOverlappedResult. If the hDevice parameter is associated with an I/O completion port, you can retrieve the number of bytes returned by calling GetQueuedCompletionStatus.

• lpOverlapped [in]: A pointer to an OVERLAPPED structure.

  If hDevice was opened without specifying FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, lpOverlapped is ignored.

  If hDevice was opened with the FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED flag, the operation is performed as an overlapped (asynchronous) operation. In this case, lpOverlapped must point to a valid OVERLAPPED structure that contains a handle to an event object. Otherwise, the function fails in unpredictable ways.

  For overlapped operations, DeviceIoControl returns immediately, and the event object is signaled when the operation has been completed. Otherwise, the function does not return until the operation has been completed or an error occurs.

Return value

If the operation completes successfully, DeviceIoControl returns a nonzero value.

If the operation fails or is pending, DeviceIoControl returns zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

For the implications of overlapped I/O on this operation, see the Remarks section of the DeviceIoControl topic.

Requirements

See also

DeviceIoControl