A 32-bit unsigned integer that contains the file attributes. The file system updates the values of the LastAccessTime, LastWriteTime, and ChangeTime members as appropriate after an I/O operation is performed on a file. However, a driver or application can request that the file system not update one or more of these members for I/O operations that are performed on the caller's file handle by setting the appropriate members to -1. The caller can set one, all, or any other combination of these three members to -1. Only the members that are set to -1 will be unaffected by I/O operations on the file handle; the other members will be updated as appropriate.
