Glossary

Concept - Index Header

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Overview

Every Index Record has a standard header and a set of blocks containing an Index Key and Index Data.

The size of an Index Record is defined in $Boot and always seems to be 4KB.

Layout

Standard Index Header

Offset Size Description
0x00 4 Magic number 'INDX'
0x04 2 Offset to the Update Sequence
0x06 2 Size in words of the Update Sequence Number & Array (S)
0x08 8 $LogFile sequence number
0x10 8 VCN of this INDX buffer in the Index Allocation
0x18 4 Offset to the Index Entries (a)
0x1C 4 Size of Index Entries (a)
0x20 4 Allocated size of the Index Entries (a)
0x24 1 1 if not leaf node (b)
0x25 3 Padding (always zero)
0x28 2 Update sequence
0x2A 2S-2 Update sequence array
(a) These values are relative to 0x18
(b) Has children

Notes

List of Common Indexes

Name Index Of Description
$I30 Filenames Used by Directories
$SDH Security Descriptors $Secure
$SII Security Ids $Secure
$O Object Ids $ObjId
$O Owner Ids $Quota
$Q Quotas $Quota
$R Reparse Points $Reparse

Other Information

There is no information contained in the Index Record describing what the index is storing (this is kept in the Index Root).


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