DosSetFHState Parameter - mode

mode (ULONG) - input

Contents of the fsOpenMode field defined in a previous DosOpen function.

This parameter contains the following bit fields:

Bit

Description
15
OPEN_FLAGS_DASD (0x00008000)
This bit must be set to 0.
14
OPEN_FLAGS_WRITE_THROUGH (0x00004000)
Write-Through flag:
• Writes to the file may go through the system-buffer cache.

• Writes to the file may go through the system-buffer cache, but the data is written (the actual file I/O operation is completed) before a synchronous-write call returns. This state of the file defines it as a synchronous file. For synchronous files, this bit must be set, because the data must be written to the medium for synchronous-write operations.

  This flag bit is not inherited by child processes.

13
OPEN_FAIL_ON_ERROR (0x00002000)
Fail-Errors flag. Media I/O errors are handled as follows:
• Reported through the system critical-error handler.
  
• Reported directly to the caller by way of a return code.

  Media I/O errors generated through Category 08h Logical Disk Control IOCtl Commands are always reported directly to the caller by way of a return code. The Fail-Errors function applies only to non-IOCtl handle-based file I/O functions.

  This flag bit is not inherited by child processes.

12
OPEN_FLAGS_NO_CACHE (x00002000)
Cache or No-Cache flag. The file is opened as follows:
• The disk driver should place data from I/O operations into cache.
  
• I/O operations to the file need not be done through the disk-driver cache.

  This bit is an advisory bit, and is used to advise file-system drivers and device drivers about whether the data should be cached. This bit, like the write-through bit, is a per-handle bit.

  This bit is not inherited by child processes.

11-8
These bits must be set to 0.
7
OPEN_FLAGS_NOINHERIT (0x00000080)
Inheritance flag:
• File handle is inherited by a process created by DosExecPgm.
  
• File handle is private to the current process.
6-4
These bits must be set to 0. Any other values are invalid.
3
This bit must be set to 0.
2-0
These bits must be set to 0. Any other values are invalid.

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