File Management Control Codes

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01/07/2021

The following control codes are used in file management.

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Control Code	Description
FSCTL_ALLOW_EXTENDED_DASD_IO	Signals the file system driver not to perform any I/O boundary checks on partition read or write calls.
FSCTL_CREATE_OR_GET_OBJECT_ID	Retrieves the object identifier for the specified file or directory. If no object identifier exists, using FSCTL_CREATE_OR_GET_OBJECT_ID creates one.
FSCTL_CSV_CONTROL	Retrieves the results of a CSV control operation.
FSCTL_DELETE_OBJECT_ID	Removes the object identifier from a specified file or directory.
FSCTL_DUPLICATE_EXTENTS_TO_FILE	Instructs the file system to copy a range of file bytes on behalf of an application.
FSCTL_FILE_LEVEL_TRIM	Indicates to the storage system which ranges in the file are not needed to be stored.
FSCTL_FILESYSTEM_GET_STATISTICS	Retrieves the information from various file system performance counters.
FSCTL_FILESYSTEM_GET_STATISTICS_EX	Retrieves the information from various file system performance counters. Support for this control code started with Windows 10.
FSCTL_FIND_FILES_BY_SID	Searches a directory for a file whose creator owner matches the specified SID.
FSCTL_GET_COMPRESSION	Retrieves the current compression state of a file or directory on a volume whose file system supports per-stream compression.
FSCTL_GET_NTFS_FILE_RECORD	Retrieves the first file record that is in use and is of a lesser than or equal ordinal value to the requested file reference number.
FSCTL_GET_OBJECT_ID	Retrieves the object identifier for the specified file or directory.
FSCTL_GET_REPAIR	Retrieves information about the NTFS file system's self-healing mechanism.
FSCTL_INITIATE_REPAIR	Triggers the NTFS file system to start a self-healing cycle on a single file.
FSCTL_MAKE_MEDIA_COMPATIBLE	Closes an open UDF session on write-once media to make the media ROM compatible.
FSCTL_OPBATCH_ACK_CLOSE_PENDING	Notifies a server that a client application is ready to close a file.
FSCTL_OPLOCK_BREAK_ACK_NO_2	Responds to notification that an opportunistic lock on a file is about to be broken. Use this operation to unlock all opportunistic locks on the file but keep the file open.
FSCTL_OPLOCK_BREAK_ACKNOWLEDGE	Responds to notification that an exclusive opportunistic lock on a file is about to be broken. Use this operation to indicate that the file should receive a level 2 opportunistic lock.
FSCTL_OPLOCK_BREAK_NOTIFY	Enables the calling application to wait for completion of an opportunistic lock break.
FSCTL_QUERY_ALLOCATED_RANGES	Scans a file or alternate stream looking for ranges that may contain nonzero data.
FSCTL_QUERY_ON_DISK_VOLUME_INFO	Requests UDF-specific volume information.
FSCTL_QUERY_SPARING_INFO	Retrieves the defect management properties of the volume. Used for UDF file systems.
FSCTL_RECALL_FILE	Recalls a file from storage media that Remote Storage manages, which is the hierarchical storage management software.
FSCTL_REQUEST_BATCH_OPLOCK	Requests a batch opportunistic lock on a file.
FSCTL_REQUEST_FILTER_OPLOCK	Requests a filter opportunistic lock on a file.
FSCTL_REQUEST_OPLOCK	Requests an opportunistic lock (oplock) on a file and acknowledges that an oplock break has occurred.
FSCTL_REQUEST_OPLOCK_LEVEL_1	Requests a level 1 opportunistic lock on a file.
FSCTL_REQUEST_OPLOCK_LEVEL_2	Requests a level 2 opportunistic lock on a file.
FSCTL_SET_COMPRESSION	Sets the compression state of a file or directory on a volume whose file system supports per-file and per-directory compression.
FSCTL_SET_DEFECT_MANAGEMENT	Sets the software defect management state for the specified file. Used for UDF file systems.
FSCTL_SET_OBJECT_ID	Sets the object identifier for the specified file or directory.
FSCTL_SET_OBJECT_ID_EXTENDED	Modifies user data associated with the object identifier for the specified file or directory.
FSCTL_SET_REPAIR	Sets the mode of an NTFS file system's self-healing capability.
FSCTL_SET_SPARSE	Marks the indicated file as sparse or not sparse. In a sparse file, large ranges of zeros may not require disk allocation.
FSCTL_SET_ZERO_DATA	Fills a specified range of a file with zeros (0).
FSCTL_SET_ZERO_ON_DEALLOCATION	Indicates an NTFS file system file handle should have its clusters filled with zeros when it is deallocated.
FSCTL_WAIT_FOR_REPAIR	Returns when the specified repairs are completed.