WIN32_STREAM_ID

struct WIN32_STREAM_ID {

DWORD dwStreamId;

DWORD dwStreamAttributes;

LARGE_INTEGER Size;

DWORD dwStreamNameSize;

WCHAR cStreamName[ ] ;

}

Members

dwStreamId

Specifies the type of data. This member can be one of the following values:

Value Meaning
BACKUP_DATA Standard data
BACKUP_EA_DATA Extended attribute data
BACKUP_SECURITY_DATA Windows NT security descriptor data
BACKUP_ALTERNATE_DATA Alternative data streams
BACKUP_LINK Hard link information

dwStreamAttributes

Specifies the attributes of data to facilitate cross-operating system transfer. This member must be one or more of the following values:

Value Description
STREAM_MODIFIED_WHEN_READ Attribute set if the stream contains data that is modified when read. Allows the backup application to know that verification of data will fail.
STREAM_CONTAINS_SECURITY Stream contains security data (general attributes). Allows the stream to be ignored on cross-operations restore.

Size

Specifies the size, in bytes, of data. Note that this is a 64-bit value.

dwStreamNameSize

Specifies the length of the name of the alternative data stream.

cStreamName

Specifies the name of the alternative data stream, in Unicode™.

See Also

BackupRead, BackupSeek, BackupWrite