win32file.SetFileInformationByHandle

SetFileInformationByHandle(File, FileInformationClass, Information)

Changes file characteristics by file handle

Parameters

File : PyHANDLE

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

FileInformationClass : int

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

Information : object

Type is dependent on the class to be changed

Class Type of input

FileBasicInfo Dict representing a FILE_BASIC_INFO struct, containing {"CreationTime":PyDateTime, "LastAccessTime":PyDateTime, "LastWriteTime":PyDateTime, "ChangeTime":PyDateTime, "FileAttributes":int}

FileRenameInfo Dict representing a FILE_RENAME_INFO struct, containing {"ReplaceIfExists":boolean, "RootDirectory":PyHANDLE, "FileName":str} MSDN says the RootDirectory is "A handle to the root directory in which the file to be renamed is located". However, this is actually the destination dir, can be None to stay in same dir.

FileDispositionInfo Boolean indicating if file should be deleted when handle is closed

FileAllocationInfo Int giving the allocation size.

FileEndOfFileInfo Int giving the EOF position, cannot be greater than allocated size.

FileIoPriorityHintInfo Int containing the IO priority (IoPriorityHint*)

Comments

Available on Vista and later.

Accepts keyword args.

Class	Type of input

FileBasicInfo	Dict representing a FILE_BASIC_INFO struct, containing {"CreationTime":PyDateTime, "LastAccessTime":PyDateTime, "LastWriteTime":PyDateTime, "ChangeTime":PyDateTime, "FileAttributes":int}
FileRenameInfo	Dict representing a FILE_RENAME_INFO struct, containing {"ReplaceIfExists":boolean, "RootDirectory":PyHANDLE, "FileName":str} MSDN says the RootDirectory is "A handle to the root directory in which the file to be renamed is located". However, this is actually the destination dir, can be None to stay in same dir.
FileDispositionInfo	Boolean indicating if file should be deleted when handle is closed
FileAllocationInfo	Int giving the allocation size.
FileEndOfFileInfo	Int giving the EOF position, cannot be greater than allocated size.
FileIoPriorityHintInfo	Int containing the IO priority (IoPriorityHint*)