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Tanveer
Tanveer

Reputation: 2087

_stat alternative in visual c#

I have an SDK sample in VC++ and i am writing code in c#. In VC++ sample they have used

struct  _stat StatBuff;

When i checked the definition of _stat it is

#define _stat  _stat64i32

They are using StatBuff as

unsigned int BuffSize = StatBuff.st_size + 8;

This code is intended to create a buffer for a browsed image file, next line is

ImageBuffer = (BYTE *)malloc( BuffSize );

i am wondering that how i can convert (StatBuff.st_size) in c#, i have searched a lot on internet but could not convert this piece of code. Can i use some alternate c# function.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 697

Answers (1)

Richard
Richard

Reputation: 108975

The various _stat functions are C/C++ library wrappers around underlying Win32 functions designed to make porting from Posix like OSs easier.

Using an offset like +8 is making assumptions about the internal layout of the _stat type that could change.

All the information is available in the .NET FileInfo type.

Upvotes: 1

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