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Description
As @kubkon observed, NtOpenFile
provides a more efficient and likely more reliable way to implement openat
-like behavior on Windows. As an example, Rust is now using it this way in its remove_dir_all
implementation.
Microsoft officially documents NtOpenFile
as an Internal API which may change between releases or even service packs of Windows, however this particular function, NtOpenFile
, has apparently been stable for a long time, and since Rust itself is now depending on it, it would seem to be sufficiently stable for cap-std to use as well.