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NtOpenFile(3w)

NAME

NtOpenFile (NTDLL.@)

SYNOPSIS

NTSTATUS NtOpenFile
(
PHANDLE handle,
ACCESS_MASK access,
POBJECT_ATTRIBUTES attr,
PIO_STATUS_BLOCK io,
ULONG sharing,
ULONG options
)

DESCRIPTION

Open a file.

PARAMS

handle [Out] Variable that receives the file handle on return.

access [In] Access desired by the caller to the file.

attr [In] Structure describing the file to be opened.

io [Out] Receives details about the result of the operation.

sharing [In] Type of shared access the caller requires.

options [In] Options for the file open.

RETURNS

Success: 0. FileHandle and IoStatusBlock are updated.

Failure: An NTSTATUS error code describing the error.

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "winternl.h".

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

Debug channel "ntdll".

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