GetLongPathNameTransactedA function (winbase.h)

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Converts the specified path to its long form as a transacted operation.

To perform this operation without a transaction, use the GetLongPathName function.

For more information about file and path names, see Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces.

Syntax

DWORD GetLongPathNameTransactedA(
  [in]  LPCSTR lpszShortPath,
  [out] LPSTR  lpszLongPath,
  [in]  DWORD  cchBuffer,
  [in]  HANDLE hTransaction
);

Parameters

[in] lpszShortPath

The path to be converted.

By default, the name is limited to MAX_PATH characters. To extend this limit to 32,767 wide characters, prepend "\\?\" to the path. For more information, see Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces.

The path must reside on the local computer; otherwise, the function fails and the last error code is set to ERROR_TRANSACTIONS_UNSUPPORTED_REMOTE.

[out] lpszLongPath

A pointer to the buffer to receive the long path.

You can use the same buffer you used for the lpszShortPath parameter.

[in] cchBuffer

The size of the buffer lpszLongPath points to, in TCHARs.

[in] hTransaction

A handle to the transaction. This handle is returned by the CreateTransaction function.

Return value

If the function succeeds, the return value is the length, in TCHARs, of the string copied to lpszLongPath, not including the terminating null character.

If the lpBuffer buffer is too small to contain the path, the return value is the size, in TCHARs, of the buffer that is required to hold the path and the terminating null character.

If the function fails for any other reason, such as if the file does not exist, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

On many file systems, a short file name contains a tilde (~) character. However, not all file systems follow this convention. Therefore, do not assume that you can skip calling GetLongPathNameTransacted if the path does not contain a tilde (~) character.

If a long path is not found, this function returns the name specified in the lpszShortPath parameter in the lpszLongPath parameter.

If the return value is greater than the value specified in cchBuffer, you can call the function again with a buffer that is large enough to hold the path. For an example of this case, see the Example Code section for GetFullPathName.

It is possible to have access to a file or directory but not have access to some of the parent directories of that file or directory. As a result, GetLongPathNameTransacted may fail when it is unable to query the parent directory of a path component to determine the long name for that component. This check can be skipped for directory components that have file extensions longer than 3 characters, or total lengths longer than 12 characters. For more information, see the Short vs. Long Names section of Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces.

In Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, this function is supported by the following technologies.

Technology	Supported
Server Message Block (SMB) 3.0 protocol	No
SMB 3.0 Transparent Failover (TFO)	No
SMB 3.0 with Scale-out File Shares (SO)	No
Cluster Shared Volume File System (CsvFS)	No
Resilient File System (ReFS)	No

 

SMB 3.0 does not support TxF.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	winbase.h (include Windows.h)
Library	Kernel32.lib
DLL	Kernel32.dll

See also

File Management Functions

GetFullPathNameTransacted

GetShortPathName

Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces

Transactional NTFS