namespace NTFSExtensions
public static class Compression
SetZeroData
Zeroes (setts all bytes to 0) a region in a stream. If the stream is sparse and the region is big enough to deallocate clusters, some clusters of stream will be deallocated.
Signatures
public static void SetZeroData(this FileStream FS, Range Range)public static void SetZeroData(SafeFileHandle FileStream, Range Range)
Parameters
this FileStream FS- A FileStream object as a reference to opened stream. You may call this method directly from this object, because this is an extension method.
SafeFileHandle FileStream- Handle to opened stream. You can become this handle from file stream object or using WinAPI function CreateFile.
Range Range- A Range structure that describes the region.
Remarks
Zeroes (setts all bytes to 0) a region in a stream. If the stream is sparse and the region is big enough to deallocate clusters, some clusters of stream will be deallocated.
Example
Example: working with sparse streams