The FIND_NOTIFY_INFORMATION structure describes the changes found by the ReadDirectoryChangesW function.
typedef struct _FILE_NOTIFY_INFORMATION {
DWORD NextEntryOffset;
DWORD Action;
DWORD FileNameLength;
WCHAR FileName[1];
} FILE_NOTIFY_INFORMATION;
Members
NextEntryOffset
Specifies the number of bytes that must be skipped to get to the next record. A value of zero indicates that this is the last record.
Action
Specifies the type of change that occurred.
| Value | Meaning |
| FILE_ACTION_ADDED | The file was added to the directory. |
| FILE_ACTION_REMOVED | The file was removed from the directory. |
| FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED | The file was modified. This can be a change in the time stamp or attributes. |
| FILE_ACTION_RENAMED_OLD_NAME | The file was renamed and this is the old name. |
| FILE_ACTION_RENAMED_NEW_NAME | The file was renamed and this is the new name. |
FileNameLength
Specifies the length, in bytes, of the filename portion of the record. Note that this length does not include the terminating null character.
FileName
This is a variable-length field that contains the filename relative to the directory handle. The filename is in the Unicode character format and is not null-terminated.
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