GetFileAttributesEx FAILS with pagefile.sys

[Woidl]

Hi all,
maybe someone can help me...
I try to get attribute-infos from pagefile.sys using GetFileAttributesEx.
But it FAILS with GetLastError = 0x20 = ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION.
I know pagefile.sys is accessed via file-mapping, but CreateFile also fails trying to access via:
HANDLE hFile = CreateFile("C://pagefile.sys", FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM, NULL);

what can i do?
thnx for any help...

[Marc G]

Weird, GetFileAttributes works for me (Windows XP) on pagefile.sys.
Which OS?

[Woidl]

Yup... strange... I use Windows XP SP 1.

[Andreas Masur]

Weird, GetFileAttributes works for me (Windows XP) on pagefile.sys.
Which OS?
Just out of curiosity...did you tried "'GetFileAtrributes()' or 'GetFileAttributesEx()'...

[Woidl]

I used GetFileAttributesEx()...

[Andreas Masur]

I used GetFileAttributesEx()...
Yes....but Marc was talking about 'GetFileAttributes()', thus, there might be differences...never test it though on my own... :eek:

[Woidl]

yes, but with GetFileAttributes i cannot get the FILETIME values...
opening the file with CreateFile (SHARE_READ and so on) also failed, wanted to get a handle for GetFileTime()... there also GetLastErr receives 0x20...

[sbubis]

Try FindFirstFile/FindNextFile. This way you don't need to CreateFile and get all necessary attributes.

[Marc G]

Just out of curiosity...did you tried "'GetFileAtrributes()' or 'GetFileAttributesEx()'...
I used GetFileAtrributes()...

[Marc G]

I used GetFileAttributes to query attributes of files and _tstat64 to query filetime.

[Woidl]

Thnx for your help, i'll try it soon as possible...