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IPlatformFile::ShouldBeUsed

Checks if this platform file should be used even though it was not asked to be.

Windows

MacOS

Linux

Override Hierarchy

IPlatformFile::ShouldBeUsed()

FNetworkPlatformFile::ShouldBeUsed()

	FCookedIterativeNetworkFile::ShouldBeUsed()
	FStreamingNetworkPlatformFile::ShouldBeUsed()

FPlatformFileOpenLog::ShouldBeUsed()

FLoggedPlatformFile::ShouldBeUsed()

FCookedIterativeNetworkFile::ShouldBeUsed()

FStreamingNetworkPlatformFile::ShouldBeUsed()

FSandboxPlatformFile::ShouldBeUsed()

FProfiledPlatformFile::ShouldBeUsed()

FCachedReadPlatformFile::ShouldBeUsed()

IPhysicalPlatformFile::ShouldBeUsed()

FPlatformFileReadStats::ShouldBeUsed()

FPakPlatformFile::ShouldBeUsed()

References

Module	Core
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/Core/Public/GenericPlatform/GenericPlatformFile.h
Include	#include "GenericPlatform/GenericPlatformFile.h"

Syntax

virtual bool ShouldBeUsed
(
IPlatformFile * Inner,
const TCHAR * CmdLine
) const

Remarks

Checks if this platform file should be used even though it was not asked to be. i.e. pak files exist on disk so we should use a pak file

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