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Vladimir Panteleev <dlang-bugzilla@thecybershadow.net> changed:

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Richard Cattermole <alphaglosined@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Richard Cattermole <alphaglosined@gmail.com> ---
I found out a few details for Windows.

To list all extended attributes use FindFirstStreamW and FindNextStreamW providing the file name.

To read or write attributes, use standard file IO functions but use the file name in the format of: "filename:attribute:$DATA". Note that ":$DATA" will be appended if gotten from e.g. FindFirstStreamW.

DigitalMars libc will not work for interacting with the attributes. But MSVC's will. I would recommend using WriteFile and ReadFile from WinAPI instead of using the libc abstraction.

To delete an attribute you can use CreateFileW (on close). Note: if you delete the stream "filename::$DATA" the file will be deleted.

We also need to create fileapi.h as part of the Windows bindings. Its missing and contains the two main functions with their related declarations.

While we are at it, it might be a good idea to extend std.mmap to be able to use these attributes as a source of a file (if possible).

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--- Comment #2 from Vladimir Panteleev <dlang-bugzilla@thecybershadow.net> ---
I think those are the alternate data streams I mentioned. NTFS extended attributes ("EA") are different. See e.g. the documentation for ZwQueryEaFile.

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starcanopy <starcanopy@protonmail.com> changed:

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Referenced Issues:

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21306
[Issue 21306] Add D Conversion of Fileapi.h
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