Is there an alternative to the Windows FindFirstFile/FindNextFile API that doesn't search short file names?

Question

I\'m using the Windows API calls FindFirstFile and FindNextFile to search for files matching a certain wildcard string in a directory. For example, I might want to find all

Answer 1

Unfortunately, the documentation JoeFish found in his answer turns out to be a little misleading. The search will still find files that match the short name, even if you pass in FindExInfoBasic. It just won't include the short file name in the cAlternateFileName member of the WIN32_FIND_DATA structure.

I did however find that there's a Windows function PathMatchSpec that will do the same wildcard matching against a supplied string. So, I was able to add a second step to my searching that verifies that the long name matches the pattern. It's even available in Windows XP.