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Scope Flag and Type Constants

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The scope flag and type constants specify whether to include a scope and its subdirectories and whether the scope is a physical or virtual path.

#define SCOPE_FLAG_MASK    ( 0x000000ff )  // mask to select flag
#define SCOPE_FLAG_INCLUDE ( 0x00000001 )  // include scope
#define SCOPE_FLAG_DEEP    ( 0x00000002 )  // include subdirectories
 
#define SCOPE_TYPE_MASK    ( 0xffffff00 )  // mask to select type
#define SCOPE_TYPE_WINPATH ( 0x00000100 )  // scope is physical
#define SCOPE_TYPE_VPATH   ( 0x00000200 )  // scope is virtual