Manage MFT FS Folders

Data structures

FTHFolderData

Folder object data

Data Type	Field Name	Description
int	FolderID	ID of a newly created folder
int	ParentFolderID	ID of a parent folder
string	Name	Name of new folder
int	EffectivePermission	Effective access permission for new folder for currently signed user Permission enum: None = 0×00, //0 Show = 0×01, //1 Read = 0×02, //2 Create = 0×04, //4 Download = 0×08, //8 Distribute = 0×010, //16 Manage = 0×020, //32 Modify = 0×040, //64 Delete = 0×080, //128 FullControl = Read, Create, Download, Distribute, Manage, Modify, Delete
DateTime	DateCreated	Timestamp when the folder was created
DateTime	DateModified	Timestamp when the folder was modified
int	CreatedByUserID	ID of the user who created the file
int	ModifiedByUserID	ID of the user who modified the file
bool	IsDeleted	Flag shows if the folder is deleted
int	FolderType	One of the following Folder Types: Regular = 0, Root = 1, UserHome = 2, UserDocuments = 3, UserDropBox = 4, FolderRoot = 5, HomeRoot = 6,

Methods

CreateFolder

Creates a folder in MFT FS file system

FTHFolderData  
CreateFolder(Guid sessionID, int parentFolderID, string name)

Parameter Name	Description
sessionID	User session returned by one of the Open functions
parentFolderID	ID for the parent folder where new folder will be created
name	Name for a new folder

DeleteFolder

Deletes a folder in MFT FS file system

FTHFolderData  
DeleteFolder(Guid sessionID, int folderID)

Parameter Name	Description
sessionID	User session returned by one of the Open functions
folderID	ID of the folder to be deleted

GetFolder

Retrieves folder data from MFT FS system by folder ID

FTHFolderData  
GetFolder(Guid sessionID, int folderID)

Parameter Name	Description
sessionID	User session returned by one of the Open functions
folderID	ID of the folder to be retrieved

GetFolders

Retrieves a list of subfolders in the specified parent folder of MFT FS file system.

FTHFolderData[]  
GetFolders (Guid sessionID, int parentFolderID, int index, int length)

Parameter Name	Description
sessionID	User session returned by one of the Open functions
parentFolderID	ID of the parent folder where we look for subfolders
index	Index points to the first subfolder to start retrieval, zero-based
length	Number of subfolders to retrieve.

GetFolderByName

Retrieves a single folder by name in the specified parent folder of MFT FS file system.

FTHFolderData  
GetFolderByName(guid SessionID, int parentFolderID, string name)

Parameter Name	Description
sessionID	User session returned by one of the Open functions
parentFolderID	ID of the parent folder where we look for a folder
name	Name string by which a folder will be retrieved. Result is unambiguous since folder/file name is unique in the parent folder

GetRootFolder

Retrieves a Root folder object in MFT FS file system.

FTHFolderData  
GetRootFolder (Guid sessionID)

Parameter Name	Description
sessionID	User session returned by one of the Open functions

MoveFolders

Moves a list of folders to a folder specified by destination folder ID.

void  
MoveFolders(Guid sessionID, int[] folderIDList, int destinationFolderID)

Parameter Name	Description
sessionID	User session returned by one of the Open functions
folderIDList	List of folder IDs that will be moved to a destination folder
destinationFolderID	ID of destination folder where the folders will be moved

SaveFolder

Saves changes to a folder object.

FTHFolderData SaveFolder(Guid sessionID, FTHFolderData folder)

Parameter Name	Description
sessionID	User session returned by one of the Open functions
folder	Folder object

GetFolderCount

Retrieves the count of subfolders in the specified parent folder.

int  
GetFolderCount (Guid sessionID, int parentFolderID)

Parameter Name	Description
sessionID	User session returned by one of the Open functions
parentFolderID	ID of the parent folder where subfolders are counted

GetFolderPath

The method returns folder path in MFT FS file system as a string.

string  
GetFolderPath (Guid sessionID, int parentFolderID)

Name	Description
sessionID	User session returned by one of the Open functions
folderID	ID of the folder for which the path is retrieved

GetFolderSize

Returns total size of files located in specified folder sub-tree in bytes, long value.

long  
GetFolderSize (Guid sessionID, int folderID)

Parameter Name	Description
sessionID	User session returned by one of the Open functions
folderID	ID of the folder for which the size is retrieved