win32file.GetFileInformationByHandleEx

object = GetFileInformationByHandleEx(File, FileInformationClass )

Retrieves extended file information for an open file handle.

Parameters

File : PyHANDLE

Handle to a file or directory. Do not pass a pipe handle.

FileInformationClass : int

Type of data to return, one of win32file.File*Info values

Comments

Available on Vista and later.

Accepts keyword args.

Return Value

Type of returned object is determined by the requested information class

Class Returned info

FileBasicInfo Dict representing a FILE_BASIC_INFO struct

FileStandardInfo Dict representing a FILE_STANDARD_INFO struct

FileNameInfo String containing the file name, without the drive letter

FileCompressionInfo Dict representing a FILE_COMPRESSION_INFO struct

FileAttributeTagInfo Dict representing a FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TAG_INFO struct

FileIdBothDirectoryInfo Sequence of dicts representing FILE_ID_BOTH_DIR_INFO structs. Call in loop until no more files are returned.

FileIdBothDirectoryRestartInfo Sequence of dicts representing FILE_ID_BOTH_DIR_INFO structs.

FileStreamInfo Sequence of dicts representing FILE_STREAM_INFO structs

Class	Returned info

FileBasicInfo	Dict representing a FILE_BASIC_INFO struct
FileStandardInfo	Dict representing a FILE_STANDARD_INFO struct
FileNameInfo	String containing the file name, without the drive letter
FileCompressionInfo	Dict representing a FILE_COMPRESSION_INFO struct
FileAttributeTagInfo	Dict representing a FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TAG_INFO struct
FileIdBothDirectoryInfo	Sequence of dicts representing FILE_ID_BOTH_DIR_INFO structs. Call in loop until no more files are returned.
FileIdBothDirectoryRestartInfo	Sequence of dicts representing FILE_ID_BOTH_DIR_INFO structs.
FileStreamInfo	Sequence of dicts representing FILE_STREAM_INFO structs