Chapter 7 - FileX trace events

This chapter contains a description of the FileX events.

List of Events and Icons

The following is a list of FileX events displayed by TraceX.

The following describes each event:

Icon	Meaning
	Internal Logical Sector Cache Miss
	Internal Directory Cache Miss
	Internal Media Flush
	Internal Directory Entry Read
	Internal Directory Entry Write
	Internal I/O Driver Read
	Internal I/O Driver Write
	Internal I/O Driver Flush
	Internal I/O Driver Abort
	Internal I/O Driver Initialize
	Internal I/O Driver Boot Read
	Internal I/O Driver Release Sectors
	Internal I/O Driver Boot Write
	Internal I / O Driver Driver Un-initialize
	Directory Attributes Read (fx_directory_attributes_read)
	Directory Attributes Set (fx_directory_attributes_set)
	Directory Create (fx_directory_create)
	Directory Default Get (fx_directory_default_get)
	Directory Default Set (fx_directory_default_set)
	Directory Delete (fx_directory_delete)
	Directory First Entry Find (fx_directory_first_entry_find)
	Directory First Full Entry Find (fx_directory_first_full_entry_find)
	Directory Information Get (fx_directory_information_get)
	Directory Local Path Clear (fx_directory_local_path_clear)
	Directory Local Path Get (fx_directory_local_path_get)
	Directory Local Path Restore (fx_directory_local_path_restore)
	Directory Local Path Set (fx_directory_local_path_set)
	Directory Long Name Get (fx_directory_long_name_get)
	Directory Name Test (fx_directory_name_test)
	Directory Next Entry Find (fx_directory_next_entry_find)
	Directory Next Full Entry Find (fx_directory_next_full_entry_find)
	Directory Rename (fx_directory_rename)
	Directory Short Name Get (fx_directory_short_name_get)
	File Allocate (fx_file_allocate)
	File Attributes Read (fx_file_attributes_read)
	File Attributes Set (fx_file_attributes_set)
	File Best Effort Allocate (fx_file_best_effort_allocate)
	File Close (fx_file_close)
	File Create (fx_file_create)
	File Date Time Set (fx_file_date_time_set)
	File Delete (fx_file_delete)
	File Open (fx_file_open)
	File Read (fx_file_read)
	File Relative Seek (fx_file_relative_seek)
	File Rename (fx_file_rename)
	File Seek (fx_file_seek)
	File Truncate (fx_file_truncate)
	File Truncate Release (fx_file_truncate_release)
	File Write (fx_file_write)
	Media Abort (fx_media_abort)
	Media Cache Invalidate (fx_media_cache_invalidate)
	Media Check (fx_media_check)
	Media Close (fx_media_close)
	Media Flush (fx_media_flush)
	Media Format (fx_media_format)
	Media Open (fx_media_open)
	Media Read (fx_media_read)
	Media Space Available (fx_media_space_available)
	Media Volume Get (fx_media_volume_get)
	Media Volume Set (fx_media_volume_set)
	Media Write (fx_media_write)
	System Date Get (fx_system_date_get)
	System Date Set (fx_system_date_set)
	System Initialize (fx_system_initialize)
	System Time Get (fx_system_time_get)
	System Time Set (fx_system_time_set)
	Unicode Directory Create (fx_unicode_directory_create)
	Unicode Directory Rename (fx_unicode_directory_rename)
	Unicode File Create (fx_unicode_file_create)
	Unicode File Rename (fx_unicode_file_rename)
	Unicode Length Get (fx_unicode_length_get)
	Unicode Name Get (fx_unicode_name_get)
	Unicode Short Name Get (fx_unicode_short_name_get)

Event Descriptions

The following describes each individual event.

Internal Logical Sector Cache Miss

Internal logical sector cache miss

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Description

This event represents an internal FileX logical sector cache miss.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Sector.
• Info Field 3: Total misses.
• Info Field 4: Cache size.

Internal Directory Cache Miss

Internal directory cache miss

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Description

This event represents an internal FileX directory cache miss.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Total misses.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Internal Media Flush

Internal media flush

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Description

This event represents an internal FileX media flush.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Number of dirty sectors.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Internal Directory Entry Read

Internal directory entry read

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Description

This event represents an internal FileX directory entry read event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Not used.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Internal Directory Entry Write

Internal directory entry write

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Description

This event represents an internal FileX directory entry write event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Not used.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Internal I/O Driver Read

Internal I/O driver read

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Description

This event represents an internal FileX I/O driver read event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Sector.
• Info Field 3: Number of sectors.
• Info Field 4: Buffer pointer.

Internal I/O Driver Write

Internal I/O driver write

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Description

This event represents an internal FileX I/O driver write event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Sector.
• Info Field 3: Number of sectors.
• Info Field 4: Buffer pointer.

Internal I/O Driver Flush

Internal I/O driver flush

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Description

This event represents an internal FileX I/O driver flush event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Not used.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Internal I/O Driver Abort

Internal I/O driver abort

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Description

This event represents an internal FileX I/O driver abort event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Not used.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Internal I/O Driver Initialize

Internal I/O driver initialize

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Description

This event represents an internal FileX I/O driver initialize event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Not used.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Internal I/O Driver Boot Sector Read

Internal I/O driver boot sector read

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Description

This event represents an internal FileX I/O driver boot sector read event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Buffer pointer.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Internal I/O Driver Release Sectors

Internal I/O driver release sectors

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Description

This event represents an internal FileX I/O driver release sectors event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Sector.
• Info Field 3: Number of sectors.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Internal I/O Driver Boot Sector Write

Internal I/O driver boot sector write

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Description

This event represents an internal FileX I/O driver boot sector write event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Buffer pointer.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Internal I/O Driver Un-initialize

Internal I/O driver un-initialize

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Description

This event represents an internal FileX I/O driver un-initialize event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Not used.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Attributes Read

fx_directory_attributes_read

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Description

This event represents a directory attributes read event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.

• Info Field 2: Pointer to directory name.

• Info Field 3: Attributes bit map:

  Attribute	Value
  Read Only	(0x01)
  Hidden	(0x02)
  System	(0x04)
  Volume	(0x08)
  Directory	(0x10)
  Archive	(0x20)

• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Attributes Set

fx_directory_attributes_set

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Description

This event represents a directory a directory attributes set event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.

• Info Field 2: Pointer to directory name.

• Info Field 3: Attributes bit map:

  Attribute	Value
  Read Only	(0x01)
  Hidden	(0x02)
  System	(0x04)
  Archive	(0x20)

• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Create

fx_directory_create

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Description

This event represents a directory create event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to directory name.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Default Get

fx_directory_default_get

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Description

This event represents a directory default set event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to return path name.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Default Set

fx_directory_default_set

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Description

This event represents a directory default set event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to new default path name.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Delete

fx_directory_delete

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Description

This event represents a directory delete event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to directory name.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory First Entry Find

fx_directory_first_entry_find

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Description

This event represents a directory first entry find event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to directory name.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory First Full Entry Find

fx_directory_first_full_entry_find

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Description

This event represents a directory first full entry find event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to directory name.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Information Get

fx_directory_information_get

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Description

This event represents a directory information get event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to directory name.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Local Path Clear

fx_directory_local_path_clear

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Description

This event represents a directory local path clear event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Not used.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Local Path Get

fx_directory_local_path_get

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Description

This event represents a directory local path get event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to return path name.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Local Path Restore

fx_directory_local_path_restore

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Description

This event represents a directory local path restore event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to local path structure.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Local Path Set

fx_directory_local_path_set

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Description

This event represents a directory local path set event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to local path structure.
• Info Field 3: Pointer to new path name.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Long Name Get

fx_directory_long_name_get

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Description

This event represents a directory long name get event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to short file name.
• Info Field 3: Pointer to long file name.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Name Test

fx_directory_name_test

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Description

This event represents a directory name test event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to directory name.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Next Entry Find

fx_directory_next_entry_find

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Description

This event represents a directory next entry find event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to directory name.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Next Full Entry Find

fx_directory_next_full_entry_find

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Description

This event represents a directory next full entry find event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to directory name.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Rename

fx_directory_rename event

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Description

This event represents a directory rename event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to old directory name.
• Info Field 3: Pointer to new directory name.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Directory Short Name Get

fx_directory_short_name_get

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Description

This event represents a directory short name get event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to long file name.
• Info Field 3: Pointer to short file name.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

File Allocate

fx_file_allocate

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Description

This event represents a file allocate event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the file.
• Info Field 2: Requested size.
• Info Field 3: Current size.
• Info Field 4: New size.

File Attributes Read

fx_file_attributes_read

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Description

This event represents a file attributes read event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.

• Info Field 2: Attributes bit map:

  Attribute	Value
  Read Only	(0x01)
  Hidden	(0x02)
  System	(0x04)
  Volume	(0x08)
  Directory	(0x10)
  Archive	(0x20)

• Info Field 3: Not used.

• Info Field 4: Not used.

File Attributes Set

fx_file_attributes_set

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Description

This event represents a file attributes set event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.

• Info Field 2: Pointer to file name.

• Info Field 3: Attributes bit map:

  Attribute	Value
  Read Only	(0x01)
  Hidden	(0x02)
  System	(0x04)
  Archive	(0x20)

• Info Field 4: Not used.

File Best Effort Allocate

fx_file_best_effort_allocate

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Description

This event represents a file best effort allocate event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the file.
• Info Field 2: Requested size.
• Info Field 3: Actual size allocated.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

File Close

fx_file_close

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Description

This event represents a file close event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the file.
• Info Field 2: File size.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

File Create

fx_file_create

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Description

This event represents a file create event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to file name.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

File Date Time Set

fx_file_date_time_set

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Description

This event represents a file date/time set event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to file name.
• Info Field 3: Year.
• Info Field 4: Month.

File Delete

fx_file_delete

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Description

This event represents a file delete event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to file name.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

File Open

fx_file_open

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Description

This event represents a file open event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.

• Info Field 2: Pointer to the file control block.

• Info Field 3: Pointer to file name.

• Info Field 4: Open type:

  Open Type	Value
  Open for Read	(0x00)
  Open for Write	(0x01)
  Fast Open for Read	(0x02)

File Read

fx_file_read

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Description

This event represents a file read event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the file.
• Info Field 2: Buffer pointer.
• Info Field 3: Request size.
• Info Field 4: Actual size read.

File Relative Seek

fx_file_relative_seek

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Description

This event represents a file relative seek event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the file.

• Info Field 2: Byte offset.

• Info Field 3: Seek from:

  Event	Value
  From Beginning	(0x00)
  From End	(0x01)
  Forward	(0x02)
  Backward	(0x03)

• Info Field 4: Previous offset.

File Rename

fx_file_rename

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Description

This event represents a file rename event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to old file name.
• Info Field 3: Pointer to new file name.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

File Seek

fx_file_seek

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Description

This event represents a file seek event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the file.
• Info Field 2: Byte offset.
• Info Field 3: Previous offset.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

File Truncate

fx_file_truncate

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Description

This event represents a file truncate event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the file.
• Info Field 2: Requested size.
• Info Field 3: Previous size.
• Info Field 4: New size.

File Truncate Release

fx_file_truncate_release

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Description

This event represents a file truncate release event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the file.
• Info Field 2: Requested size.
• Info Field 3: Previous size.
• Info Field 4: New size.

File Write

fx_file_write

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Description

This event represents a file write event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the file.
• Info Field 2: Buffer pointer.
• Info Field 3: Request size.
• Info Field 4: Actual size written.

Media Abort

fx_media_abort

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Description

This event represents a media abort event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Not used.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Media Cache Invalidate

fx_media_cache_invalidate

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Description

This event represents a media cache invalidate event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Not used.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Media Check

fx_media_check

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Description

This event represents a media check event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.

• Info Field 2: Scratch memory pointer.

• Info Field 3: Scratch memory size.

• Info Field 4: Errors bit map:

  Error type	Value
  FAT Chain Error	(0x01)
  Directory Error	(0x02)
  Lost Cluster Error	(0x04)
  File Size Error	(0x08)

Media Close

fx_media_close

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Description

This event represents a media close event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Not used.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Media Flush

fx_media_flush

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Description

This event represents a media flush event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Not used.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Media Format

fx_media_format

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Description

This event represents a media format event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Number of root entries.
• Info Field 3: Sectors.
• Info Field 4: Sectors per cluster.

Media Open

fx_media_open

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Description

This event represents a media open event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to media driver entry.
• Info Field 3: Memory pointer.
• Info Field 4: Memory size.

Media Read Media Read

fx_media_read

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Description

This event represents a media read event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Logical sector.
• Info Field 3: Buffer pointer.
• Info Field 4: Bytes read.

Media Space Available

fx_media_space_available

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Description

This event represents a media space available event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Available bytes pointer.
• Info Field 3: Number of free clusters.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Media Volume Get

fx_media_volume_get

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Description

This event represents a media volume get event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to volume name.
• Info Field 3: Volume source.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Media Volume Set

fx_media_volume_set

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Description

This event represents a media volume set event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to volume name.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Media Write

fx_media_write

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Description

This event represents a media write event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Logical sector.
• Info Field 3: Buffer pointer.
• Info Field 4: Bytes written.

System Date Get

fx_system_date_get

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Description

This event represents a system date get event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Year.
• Info Field 2: Month.
• Info Field 3: Day.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

System Date Set

fx_system_date_set

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Description

This event represents a system date set event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Year.
• Info Field 2: Month.
• Info Field 3: Day.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

System Initialize

fx_system_initialize

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Description

This event represents a system initialize event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Not used.
• Info Field 2: Not used.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

System Time Get

fx_system_time_get

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Description

This event represents a system time get event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Hour.
• Info Field 2: Minute.
• Info Field 3: Second.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

System Time Set

fx_system_time_set

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Description

This event represents a system time set event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Hour.
• Info Field 2: Minute.
• Info Field 3: Second.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Unicode Directory Create

fx_unicode_directory_create

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Description

This event represents a Unicode directory create event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to Unicode name.
• Info Field 3: Size of Unicode name.
• Info Field 4: Pointer to short name.

Unicode Directory Rename

fx_unicode_directory_rename

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Description

This event represents a Unicode directory rename event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to Unicode name.
• Info Field 3: Size of Unicode name.
• Info Field 4: Pointer to short name.

Unicode File Create

fx_unicode_file_create

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Description

This event represents a Unicode file create event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to the Unicode name.
• Info Field 3: Size of Unicode name.
• Info Field 4: Pointer to short name.

Unicode File Rename

fx_unicode_file_rename

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Description

This event represents a Unicode file rename event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to Unicode name.
• Info Field 3: Size of Unicode name.
• Info Field 4: Pointer to short name.

Unicode Length Get

fx_unicode_length_get

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Description

This event represents a Unicode length get event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the Unicode name.
• Info Field 2: Length.
• Info Field 3: Not used.
• Info Field 4: Not used.

Unicode Name Get

fx_unicode_name_get

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Description

This event represents a Unicode name get event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Source short name.
• Info Field 3: Destination Unicode name pointer.
• Info Field 4: Destination Unicode name length.

Unicode Short Name Get

fx_unicode_short_name_get

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Description

This event represents a Unicode short name get event.

Information Fields

• Info Field 1: Pointer to the media.
• Info Field 2: Pointer to source Unicode name.
• Info Field 3: Length of Unicode name.
• Info Field 4: Pointer to short name.