Windows System Programming Third Edition [Electronic resources]

Console I/O

AllocConsole

terminal I/O

N/A

Console I/O

FreeConsole

terminal I/O

N/A

Console I/O

ReadConsole

read

getc, scanf, gets

Console I/O

SetConsoleMode

ioctl

N/A

Console I/O

WriteConsole

write

putc, printf, puts

Directory Mgt

CreateDirectory

mkdir^*

N/A

Make a new directory

Directory Mgt

FindClose

closedir^*

N/A

Close a directory search handle

Directory Mgt

FindFirstFile

opendir^*, readdir^*

N/A

Find first file matching a pattern

Directory Mgt

FindNextFile

readdir^*

N/A

Find subsequent files

Directory Mgt

GetCurrentDirectory

getcwd^*

N/A

Directory Mgt

GetFullPathName

N/A

N/A

Directory Mgt

GetSystemDirectory

Well-known pathnames

N/A

Directory Mgt

RemoveDirectory

rmdir, unlink^*

remove

Directory Mgt

SearchPath

Use opendir, readdir

N/A

Search for a file on a specified path

Directory Mgt

SetCurrentDirectory

chdir^*, fchdir

N/A

Change the working directory

Error Handling

FormatMessage

strerror

perror

Error Handling

GetLastError

errno

errno

Global variable

Error Handling

SetLastError

errno

errno

Global variable

File Locking

LockFile

fcntl (cmd=F_GETLK, ..)

N/A

File Locking

LockFileEx

fcntl (cmd=F_GETLK, ..)

N/A

File Locking

UnlockFile

fcntl (cmd=F_GETLK, ..)

N/A

File Locking

UnlockFileEx

fcntl (cmd=F_GETLK, ..)

N/A

File System

CloseHandle (file handle)

close^*

fclose

CloseHandle is not limited to files

File System

CopyFile

open; read; write; close

fopen; fread; fwrite; fclose

Duplicate a file

File System

CreateFile

open^*, creat^*

fopen

Open/create a file

File System

DeleteFile

unlink^*

remove

Delete a file

File System

FlushFileBuffers

fsynch

fflush

Write file buffers

File System

GetFileAttributes

stat^*, fstat^*, lstat

N/A

File System

GetFileInformationByHandle

stat^*, fstat^*, lstat

N/A

Fill structure with file info

File System

GetFileSize

stat^*, fstat^*, lstat

ftell, fseek

Get length of file in bytes

File System

GetFileTime

stat^*, fstat^*, lstat

N/A

File System

GetFileType

stat^*, fstat^*, lstat

N/A

Check for character stream device or file

File System

GetStdHandle

Use file desc 0, 1, or 2

Use stdin, stdout, stderr

File System

GetTempFileName

Use C library

tmpnam

Create a unique file name

File System

GetTempFileName, CreateFile

Use C library

tmpfile

Create a temporary file

File System

GetTempPath

/temp path

N/A

Directory for temp files

File System

MoveFile, MoveFileEx

Use C library

rename

Rename a file or directory

File System

CreateHardLink

link, unlink^*

N/A

Windows does not support links

File System

N/A

symlink

N/A

Create a symbolic link

File System

N/A

readlink

N/A

Read name in a symbolic link

File System

N/A, ReadFile returns 0 bytes

N/A, read returns 0 bytes

feof

Rest for end of file

File System

N/A, use multiple ReadFiles

readv

N/A, use multiple freads

Scatter read

File System

N/A, use multiple WriteFiles

writev

N/A, use multiple fwrites

Gather write

File System

ReadFile

read

fread

Read data from a file

File System

SetEndOfFile

chsize^*

N/A

File System

SetFileAttributes

fcntl

N/A

File System

SetFilePointer

lseek

fseek

Set file pointer

FileSystem

SetFilePointer (to 0)

lseek (0)

rewind

File System

SetFileTime

utime^*

N/A

File System

SetStdHandle

close, dup^*, dup2^*, or fcntl

freopen

dup2 or fcntl

File System

WriteFile

write

fwrite

Write data to a file

System Info

GetdiskFreeSpace

N/A

N/A

System Info

GetSystemInfo

getrusage

N/A

System Info

GetVersion

uname

N/A

System Info

GetVolumeInformation

N/A

N/A

System Info

GlobalMemoryStatus

getrlimit

N/A

System Info

Various defined constants

sysconf, pathconf, fpathconf

N/A

Time

GetSystemTime

Use C library

time, gmtime

Time

See ls program, Program 3-2

Use C library

asctime

Time

CompareFileTime

Use C library

difftime

Compare "calendar" times

Time

FileTimeToLocalFileTime, FileTimeToSystemTime

Use C library

localtime

Time

FileTimeToSystemTime

Use C library

gmtime

Time

GetLocalTime

Use C library

time, localtime

Time

See touch program, Program 3-3

Use C library

strftime

Time

SetLocalTime

N/A

N/A

Time

SetSystemTime

N/A

N/A

Time

Subtract file times

Use C library

difftime

Time

SystemTimeToFileTime

Use C library

mktime