Syntax

  #include <nwnamspc.h> 
  #include <nwea.h> 
  or 
  #include <nwcalls.h> 
   
  N_EXTERN_LIBRARY(NWCCODE) NWOpenEAExt ( 
     NWCONN_HANDLE            conn,  
     NWDIR_HANDLE             dirHandle,  
     const nstr8     N_FAR   *path,  
     pnstr8                   EAName,  
     nuint8                   nameSpace,  
     NW_EA_HANDLE_EXT N_FAR  *EAHandle);
  

Parameters

conn

(IN) Specifies the NetWare server connection handle.

dirHandle

(IN) Specifies the NetWare directory handle pointing to the directory to search.

path

(IN) Points to a path. The characters in the string must be UTF-8.

EAName

(IN) Points to the string containing the name of the Extended Attribute, using UTF-8 characters.

nameSpace

(IN) Specifies the name space of the Extended Attribute (see Name Space Flag Values (Multiple and Inter-File Services)).

EAHandle

(IN/OUT) Points to the NW_EA_HANDLE_EXT structure containing the handle of the current Extended Attribute.

Return Values

These are common return values; see Return Values (Return Values for C) for more information.

Remarks

NWOpenEAExt combines the functionality of the NWGetDirectoryBaseExt and NWGetEAHandleStructExt functions in one function.

The NWFindFirstEAExt and NWFindNextEAExt functions also return a filled NW_EA_HANDLE_EXT structure.

NCP Calls

• 0x2222 87 22 Generate Directory Base and Volume Number
• 0x2222 89 22 Generate Directory Base and Volume Number

See Also

NWFindFirstEAExt, NWFindNextEAExt, NWGetDirectoryBaseExt (Multiple and Inter-File Management), NWGetEAHandleStructExt, NWReadEAExt, NWWriteEAExt