MyFSD_DeleteFileW

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This function deletes a file from an installable file system. The application does not call this function directly. Instead, it uses the corresponding standard Win32 function DeleteFile. The File System Disk Manager (FSDMGR) determines the file system type and calls the MyFSD_DeleteFileW implementation of the function.

Syntax

BOOL MyFSD_DeleteFileW( 
  PVOLUME pVolume, 
  PCWSTR pwsFileName
); 

Parameters

• pVolume
  [in] Pointer to the value that an FSD defines in its DLL and passes to the FSDMGR_RegisterVolume function when registering the volume. The definition of this parameter can point to private structures.

• pwsFileName
  Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies the file to be deleted.

Return Value

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

If an application attempts to delete a file that does not exist, the DeleteFile function fails. It also fails if an application attempts to delete a file that is open for normal I/O or as a memory-mapped file.

An FSD exports this function if it supports the DeleteFile function. All FSD functions can be called on re-entry. Therefore, take this into account when developing an FSD.

FSDMGR is a DLL that manages all OS interaction with installable files systems. Each installable file system requires an FSD, which is a DLL that supports an installable file system. The name of the DLL for an FSD and the names of the functions it exports start with the name of the associated installable file system. For example, if the name of file system is MyFSD, its DLL is MyFSD.dll, and its exported functions are prefaced with MyFSD_*.

FSDMGR provides service functions to FSDs. The FSDMGR_RegisterVolume, the FSDMGR_CreateFileHandle, and the FSDMGR_CreateSearchHandle functions record a DWORD of volume-specific data that an FSD associates with volume. This volume-specific data is passed as the first parameter of these three functions.

Applications that access an installable file system use standard Win32 functions. For example, when an application creates a folder on a device that contains an installable file system, it calls the CreateDirectory function. FSDMGR recognizes that the path is to a device containing an installable file system and calls the appropriate function, which in the case of the MyFSD file system is MyFSD_CreateDirectoryW. That is, the application calls CreateDirectory, causing FSDMGR to call **MyFSD_CreateDirectoryW.

Requirements

See Also

Reference

MyFSD Functions
CreateDirectory
DeleteFile
FSDMGR_CreateFileHandle
FSDMGR_CreateSearchHandle
FSDMGR_RegisterVolume
MyFSD_CreateDirectoryW