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# NSFileProviderMaterializationFlags

Flags that provides additional information about the provided content.

```
struct NSFileProviderMaterializationFlags
```

## Topics

### Accessing Flags

[`knownSparseRanges`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderMaterializationFlags/knownSparseRanges)

A flag indicating that the system should consider the file fully materialized, even if it’s a sparse file.

### Creating Flags

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderMaterializationFlags/init(rawValue:))

Creates a new materialization flag.


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