Gets an open file's information. File size is expressed as a 32-bit integer.

Syntax

#include <prio.h>

PRStatus PR_GetOpenFileInfo(
  PRFileDesc *fd,
  PRFileInfo *info);

Parameters

The function has the following parameters:

fd

A pointer to a PRFileDesc object for an open file.

info

A pointer to a PRFileInfo object. On output, information about the given file is written into the file information object.

Returns

The function returns one of the following values:

• If file information is successfully obtained, PR_SUCCESS.
• If file information is not successfully obtained, PR_FAILURE.

Description

PR_GetOpenFileInfo obtains the file type (normal file, directory, or other), file size (as a 32-bit integer), and the file creation and modification times of the open file represented by the file descriptor.

See Also

For the 64-bit version of this function, see PR_GetOpenFileInfo64. To get equivalent information on a file that's not already open, use PR_GetFileInfo.