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maint: clarify meaning of change time
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Update ns-winbase-file_basic_info.md
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Expand Up @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ helpviewer_keywords: ["*PFILE_BASIC_INFO","FILE_BASIC_INFO","FILE_BASIC_INFO str
old-location: fs\file_basic_info.htm
tech.root: fs
ms.assetid: 7765e430-cf6b-4ccf-b5e7-9fb6e15ca6d6
ms.date: 12/05/2018
ms.date: 08/02/2024
ms.keywords: '*PFILE_BASIC_INFO, FILE_BASIC_INFO, FILE_BASIC_INFO structure [Files], PFILE_BASIC_INFO, PFILE_BASIC_INFO structure pointer [Files], fileextd/FILE_BASIC_INFO, fileextd/PFILE_BASIC_INFO, fs.file_basic_info, winbase/FILE_BASIC_INFO, winbase/PFILE_BASIC_INFO'
req.header: winbase.h
req.include-header: Windows.h
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- FILE_BASIC_INFO
---

# FILE_BASIC_INFO structure


## -description

Contains the basic information for a file. Used for file handles.
Expand All @@ -79,6 +76,9 @@ The time the file was last written to in <a href="/windows/desktop/api/minwinbas
The time the file was changed in <a href="/windows/desktop/api/minwinbase/ns-minwinbase-filetime">FILETIME</a>
format.

> [!NOTE]
> The distinction between *ChangeTime* and *LastWriteTime*, is that *LastWriteTime* relates to the underlying data-stream, while *ChangeTime* refers to changes to file metadata, such as renames and attribute changes.

### -field FileAttributes

The file attributes. For a list of attributes, see
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<a href="/windows/desktop/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-setfileinformationbyhandle">SetFileInformationByHandle</a>
<a href="/windows/desktop/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-setfileinformationbyhandle">SetFileInformationByHandle</a>