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CreateFileW(3w)

NAME

CreateFileW (KERNEL32.@)

SYNOPSIS

HANDLE CreateFileW
(
LPCWSTR filename,
DWORD access,
DWORD sharing,
LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa,
DWORD creation,
DWORD attributes,
HANDLE template
)

DESCRIPTION

CreateFileW [KERNEL32.@] Creates or opens a file or other object.

Creates or opens an object, and returns a handle that can be used to access that object.

PARAMS

filename [In] pointer to filename to be accessed.

access [In] access mode requested.

sharing [In] share mode.

sa [In] pointer to security attributes.

creation [In] how to create the file.

attributes [In] attributes for newly created file.

template [In] handle to file with extended attributes to copy.

RETURNS

Success: Open handle to specified file

Failure: INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "winbase.h".

Implemented in "dlls/kernel32/file.c".

Debug channel "file".

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