Getting File Properties info

[sudhivns]

Hi,

is there any API for
I have file in system stored as C:\TEMP\TEST.DATA.
Need to get the exact name (as store in system including case sensitive), suppose if i pass file name as c:\temp\test.data or handle to that file.

Basically wanted to retrieve the file name as stored in system rather than if user specifies c:\temp\test.data (as user can give in any format).

Bye

[gpraghuram]

Hi,

is there any API for
I have file in system stored as C:\TEMP\TEST.DATA.
Need to get the exact name (as store in system including case sensitive), suppose if i pass file name as c:\temp\test.data or handle to that file.

Basically wanted to retrieve the file name as stored in system rather than if user specifies c:\temp\test.data (as user can give in any format).

Bye

R u trying this on windows?
Because windows 98 and previous versions has this behaviour(.i am not very sure about it)
And that too only for files more than 8 characters in length.

Raghuram

[sudhivns]

My requirement goes something like this.
if user enters (in UI) c:\temp\test.txt , but actually system storage is as c:\TEMP\TEST.TXT(observe case sensitive). Here my application takes the backup of this file and there is finally facility to restore the same file.
So on restore, i wanted to create folder c:\TEMP(case sensitive) and TEST.TXT in that folder.

SO during backup statge i want to use c:\TEMP\TEST.TXT (rather than c:\temp\test.txt user entered in UI . here issue is case sensitive and i want to extract the file property as defined on the system). Hope my requirement is clear now.

[gpraghuram]

My requirement goes something like this.
if user enters (in UI) c:\temp\test.txt , but actually system storage is as c:\TEMP\TEST.TXT(observe case sensitive). Here my application takes the backup of this file and there is finally facility to restore the same file.
So on restore, i wanted to create folder c:\TEMP(case sensitive) and TEST.TXT in that folder.

SO during backup statge i want to use c:\TEMP\TEST.TXT (rather than c:\temp\test.txt user entered in UI . here issue is case sensitive and i want to extract the file property as defined on the system). Hope my requirement is clear now.

I am not very sure an API is avialable for this.
In windows the file name is case insensitive....
I am not very sure an API exists for this.
Other members please comment on this

Raghuram

[arnaudk]

As gpraghuram said that should be impossible in windows since it's case-insensitive, which raises the question of why you would want to do this since filenames differing only in their case are indistinguishable?
Of course, you could try to read the file allocation table of the hard disk directly to determine the case of the filename but that's a whole other kettle of fish. If you're really interested in that, there are some code snippets out there which will help you. Do a google search on "how to access partition" or "low level hard disk access".

[sudhivns]

I just want something like this:
User enters c\temp\temp.txt in UI. But tools provides option to backup the user mentioned file. Also restore back the file in similar structure.
In actual, if file is c\TEMP\TEMP.txt on backup and restore, i wanted to have similar directory structure (respecting case sensitive) in destination pc.
Finally c:\TEMP\TEMP.txt is to be backedup and deploy on other PC with same strucutre (though user mentioned like c:\temp\temp.txt during capture operation)

[sudhivns]

Hi,

Want to retrieve the filename as reside in the disk respecting case info.
Eg: c:\temp\imp\data.doc (if this how the file stored in disk) and
is there any API thru which i can get the actual file case info if i give the path as c:\TEMP\IMP\DATA.DOC ( should return c:\temp\imp\data.doc as residing in the disk).

Bye

[gpraghuram]

I think this is already posted in this forum...

Thanks
raghuram

[sudhivns]

Yes. but there was no approach found.

[gpraghuram]

Yes. but there was no approach found.

Can other experts comment on this?

Raghu

[mcubed]

Sorry for the late response, I'm rather new to the site.

Although Win32 is case insensitive it does respect the case of file names. The FindFirstFile() API may be used to determine the correct case of the desired file name. Note that this also works for retrieving the correct case for directory names, but each piece of a path name would have to be checked separately.

[mcubed]

Although Win32 is case insensitive it does respect the case of file names. The FindFirstFile() API may be used to determine the correct case of the desired file name. Note that this also works for retrieving the correct case for directory names, but each piece of a path name would have to be checked separately.

[sudhivns]

!!!! Yes it is solved now.!!!!

Path = "c:\temp\data\read.txt" (actually it is stored in disk as c:\TEMP\DATA\READ.TXT)

use GetShortPathName() over Path and use the return short path name in GetLongPathName(), which results in exact case of of the path u r intended. (i.e c:\TEMP\DATA\READ.TXT)

[Banfa]

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