GFile

GFile — File and Directory Handling

Functions

void (*GFileProgressCallback) ()
gboolean (*GFileReadMoreCallback) ()
void (*GFileMeasureProgressCallback) ()
GFile * g_file_new_for_path ()
GFile * g_file_new_for_uri ()
GFile * g_file_new_for_commandline_arg ()
GFile * g_file_new_for_commandline_arg_and_cwd ()
GFile * g_file_new_tmp ()
GFile * g_file_parse_name ()
GFile * g_file_dup ()
guint g_file_hash ()
gboolean g_file_equal ()
char * g_file_get_basename ()
char * g_file_get_path ()
char * g_file_get_uri ()
char * g_file_get_parse_name ()
GFile * g_file_get_parent ()
gboolean g_file_has_parent ()
GFile * g_file_get_child ()
GFile * g_file_get_child_for_display_name ()
gboolean g_file_has_prefix ()
char * g_file_get_relative_path ()
GFile * g_file_resolve_relative_path ()
gboolean g_file_is_native ()
gboolean g_file_has_uri_scheme ()
char * g_file_get_uri_scheme ()
GFileInputStream * g_file_read ()
void g_file_read_async ()
GFileInputStream * g_file_read_finish ()
GFileOutputStream * g_file_append_to ()
GFileOutputStream * g_file_create ()
GFileOutputStream * g_file_replace ()
void g_file_append_to_async ()
GFileOutputStream * g_file_append_to_finish ()
void g_file_create_async ()
GFileOutputStream * g_file_create_finish ()
void g_file_replace_async ()
GFileOutputStream * g_file_replace_finish ()
GFileInfo * g_file_query_info ()
void g_file_query_info_async ()
GFileInfo * g_file_query_info_finish ()
gboolean g_file_query_exists ()
GFileType g_file_query_file_type ()
GFileInfo * g_file_query_filesystem_info ()
void g_file_query_filesystem_info_async ()
GFileInfo * g_file_query_filesystem_info_finish ()
GAppInfo * g_file_query_default_handler ()
gboolean g_file_measure_disk_usage ()
void g_file_measure_disk_usage_async ()
gboolean g_file_measure_disk_usage_finish ()
GMount * g_file_find_enclosing_mount ()
void g_file_find_enclosing_mount_async ()
GMount * g_file_find_enclosing_mount_finish ()
GFileEnumerator * g_file_enumerate_children ()
void g_file_enumerate_children_async ()
GFileEnumerator * g_file_enumerate_children_finish ()
GFile * g_file_set_display_name ()
void g_file_set_display_name_async ()
GFile * g_file_set_display_name_finish ()
gboolean g_file_delete ()
void g_file_delete_async ()
gboolean g_file_delete_finish ()
gboolean g_file_trash ()
void g_file_trash_async ()
gboolean g_file_trash_finish ()
gboolean g_file_copy ()
void g_file_copy_async ()
gboolean g_file_copy_finish ()
gboolean g_file_move ()
gboolean g_file_make_directory ()
void g_file_make_directory_async ()
gboolean g_file_make_directory_finish ()
gboolean g_file_make_directory_with_parents ()
gboolean g_file_make_symbolic_link ()
GFileAttributeInfoList * g_file_query_settable_attributes ()
GFileAttributeInfoList * g_file_query_writable_namespaces ()
gboolean g_file_set_attribute ()
gboolean g_file_set_attributes_from_info ()
void g_file_set_attributes_async ()
gboolean g_file_set_attributes_finish ()
gboolean g_file_set_attribute_string ()
gboolean g_file_set_attribute_byte_string ()
gboolean g_file_set_attribute_uint32 ()
gboolean g_file_set_attribute_int32 ()
gboolean g_file_set_attribute_uint64 ()
gboolean g_file_set_attribute_int64 ()
void g_file_mount_mountable ()
GFile * g_file_mount_mountable_finish ()
void g_file_unmount_mountable ()
gboolean g_file_unmount_mountable_finish ()
void g_file_unmount_mountable_with_operation ()
gboolean g_file_unmount_mountable_with_operation_finish ()
void g_file_eject_mountable ()
gboolean g_file_eject_mountable_finish ()
void g_file_eject_mountable_with_operation ()
gboolean g_file_eject_mountable_with_operation_finish ()
void g_file_start_mountable ()
gboolean g_file_start_mountable_finish ()
void g_file_stop_mountable ()
gboolean g_file_stop_mountable_finish ()
void g_file_poll_mountable ()
gboolean g_file_poll_mountable_finish ()
void g_file_mount_enclosing_volume ()
gboolean g_file_mount_enclosing_volume_finish ()
GFileMonitor * g_file_monitor_directory ()
GFileMonitor * g_file_monitor_file ()
GFileMonitor * g_file_monitor ()
gboolean g_file_load_contents ()
void g_file_load_contents_async ()
gboolean g_file_load_contents_finish ()
void g_file_load_partial_contents_async ()
gboolean g_file_load_partial_contents_finish ()
gboolean g_file_replace_contents ()
void g_file_replace_contents_async ()
void g_file_replace_contents_bytes_async ()
gboolean g_file_replace_contents_finish ()
gboolean g_file_copy_attributes ()
GFileIOStream * g_file_create_readwrite ()
void g_file_create_readwrite_async ()
GFileIOStream * g_file_create_readwrite_finish ()
GFileIOStream * g_file_open_readwrite ()
void g_file_open_readwrite_async ()
GFileIOStream * g_file_open_readwrite_finish ()
GFileIOStream * g_file_replace_readwrite ()
void g_file_replace_readwrite_async ()
GFileIOStream * g_file_replace_readwrite_finish ()
gboolean g_file_supports_thread_contexts ()

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GInterface
    ╰── GFile

Prerequisites

GFile requires GObject.

Includes

#include <gio/gio.h>

Description

GFile is a high level abstraction for manipulating files on a virtual file system. GFiles are lightweight, immutable objects that do no I/O upon creation. It is necessary to understand that GFile objects do not represent files, merely an identifier for a file. All file content I/O is implemented as streaming operations (see GInputStream and GOutputStream).

To construct a GFile, you can use:

  • g_file_new_for_path() if you have a path.

  • g_file_new_for_uri() if you have a URI.

  • g_file_new_for_commandline_arg() for a command line argument.

  • g_file_new_tmp() to create a temporary file from a template.

  • g_file_parse_name() from a UTF-8 string gotten from g_file_get_parse_name().

One way to think of a GFile is as an abstraction of a pathname. For normal files the system pathname is what is stored internally, but as GFiles are extensible it could also be something else that corresponds to a pathname in a userspace implementation of a filesystem.

GFiles make up hierarchies of directories and files that correspond to the files on a filesystem. You can move through the file system with GFile using g_file_get_parent() to get an identifier for the parent directory, g_file_get_child() to get a child within a directory, g_file_resolve_relative_path() to resolve a relative path between two GFiles. There can be multiple hierarchies, so you may not end up at the same root if you repeatedly call g_file_get_parent() on two different files.

All GFiles have a basename (get with g_file_get_basename()). These names are byte strings that are used to identify the file on the filesystem (relative to its parent directory) and there is no guarantees that they have any particular charset encoding or even make any sense at all. If you want to use filenames in a user interface you should use the display name that you can get by requesting the G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_DISPLAY_NAME attribute with g_file_query_info(). This is guaranteed to be in UTF-8 and can be used in a user interface. But always store the real basename or the GFile to use to actually access the file, because there is no way to go from a display name to the actual name.

Using GFile as an identifier has the same weaknesses as using a path in that there may be multiple aliases for the same file. For instance, hard or soft links may cause two different GFiles to refer to the same file. Other possible causes for aliases are: case insensitive filesystems, short and long names on FAT/NTFS, or bind mounts in Linux. If you want to check if two GFiles point to the same file you can query for the G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ID_FILE attribute. Note that GFile does some trivial canonicalization of pathnames passed in, so that trivial differences in the path string used at creation (duplicated slashes, slash at end of path, "." or ".." path segments, etc) does not create different GFiles.

Many GFile operations have both synchronous and asynchronous versions to suit your application. Asynchronous versions of synchronous functions simply have _async() appended to their function names. The asynchronous I/O functions call a GAsyncReadyCallback which is then used to finalize the operation, producing a GAsyncResult which is then passed to the function's matching _finish() operation.

It is highly recommended to use asynchronous calls when running within a shared main loop, such as in the main thread of an application. This avoids I/O operations blocking other sources on the main loop from being dispatched. Synchronous I/O operations should be performed from worker threads. See the introduction to asynchronous programming section for more.

Some GFile operations almost always take a noticeable amount of time, and so do not have synchronous analogs. Notable cases include:

  • g_file_mount_mountable() to mount a mountable file.

  • g_file_unmount_mountable_with_operation() to unmount a mountable file.

  • g_file_eject_mountable_with_operation() to eject a mountable file.

Entity Tags

One notable feature of GFiles are entity tags, or "etags" for short. Entity tags are somewhat like a more abstract version of the traditional mtime, and can be used to quickly determine if the file has been modified from the version on the file system. See the HTTP 1.1 specification for HTTP Etag headers, which are a very similar concept.

Functions

GFileProgressCallback ()

void
(*GFileProgressCallback) (goffset current_num_bytes,
                          goffset total_num_bytes,
                          gpointer user_data);

When doing file operations that may take a while, such as moving a file or copying a file, a progress callback is used to pass how far along that operation is to the application.

Parameters

current_num_bytes

the current number of bytes in the operation.

 

total_num_bytes

the total number of bytes in the operation.

 

user_data

user data passed to the callback.

 

GFileReadMoreCallback ()

gboolean
(*GFileReadMoreCallback) (const char *file_contents,
                          goffset file_size,
                          gpointer callback_data);

When loading the partial contents of a file with g_file_load_partial_contents_async(), it may become necessary to determine if any more data from the file should be loaded. A GFileReadMoreCallback function facilitates this by returning TRUE if more data should be read, or FALSE otherwise.

Parameters

file_contents

the data as currently read.

 

file_size

the size of the data currently read.

 

callback_data

data passed to the callback.

 

Returns

TRUE if more data should be read back. FALSE otherwise.


GFileMeasureProgressCallback ()

void
(*GFileMeasureProgressCallback) (gboolean reporting,
                                 guint64 current_size,
                                 guint64 num_dirs,
                                 guint64 num_files,
                                 gpointer user_data);

This callback type is used by g_file_measure_disk_usage() to make periodic progress reports when measuring the amount of disk spaced used by a directory.

These calls are made on a best-effort basis and not all types of GFile will support them. At the minimum, however, one call will always be made immediately.

In the case that there is no support, reporting will be set to FALSE (and the other values undefined) and no further calls will be made. Otherwise, the reporting will be TRUE and the other values all-zeros during the first (immediate) call. In this way, you can know which type of progress UI to show without a delay.

For g_file_measure_disk_usage() the callback is made directly. For g_file_measure_disk_usage_async() the callback is made via the default main context of the calling thread (ie: the same way that the final async result would be reported).

current_size is in the same units as requested by the operation (see G_FILE_DISK_USAGE_APPARENT_SIZE).

The frequency of the updates is implementation defined, but is ideally about once every 200ms.

The last progress callback may or may not be equal to the final result. Always check the async result to get the final value.

Parameters

reporting

TRUE if more reports will come

 

current_size

the current cumulative size measurement

 

num_dirs

the number of directories visited so far

 

num_files

the number of non-directory files encountered

 

user_data

the data passed to the original request for this callback

 

Since: 2.38


g_file_new_for_path ()

GFile *
g_file_new_for_path (const char *path);

Constructs a GFile for a given path. This operation never fails, but the returned object might not support any I/O operation if path is malformed.

Parameters

path

a string containing a relative or absolute path. The string must be encoded in the glib filename encoding.

 

Returns

a new GFile for the given path . Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

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g_file_new_for_uri ()

GFile *
g_file_new_for_uri (const char *uri);

Constructs a GFile for a given URI. This operation never fails, but the returned object might not support any I/O operation if uri is malformed or if the uri type is not supported.

Parameters

uri

a UTF-8 string containing a URI

 

Returns

a new GFile for the given uri . Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]


g_file_new_for_commandline_arg ()

GFile *
g_file_new_for_commandline_arg (const char *arg);

Creates a GFile with the given argument from the command line. The value of arg can be either a URI, an absolute path or a relative path resolved relative to the current working directory. This operation never fails, but the returned object might not support any I/O operation if arg points to a malformed path.

Note that on Windows, this function expects its argument to be in UTF-8 -- not the system code page. This means that you should not use this function with string from argv as it is passed to main(). g_win32_get_command_line() will return a UTF-8 version of the commandline. GApplication also uses UTF-8 but g_application_command_line_create_file_for_arg() may be more useful for you there. It is also always possible to use this function with GOptionContext arguments of type G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME.

Parameters

arg

a command line string

 

Returns

a new GFile. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

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g_file_new_for_commandline_arg_and_cwd ()

GFile *
g_file_new_for_commandline_arg_and_cwd
                               (const gchar *arg,
                                const gchar *cwd);

Creates a GFile with the given argument from the command line.

This function is similar to g_file_new_for_commandline_arg() except that it allows for passing the current working directory as an argument instead of using the current working directory of the process.

This is useful if the commandline argument was given in a context other than the invocation of the current process.

See also g_application_command_line_create_file_for_arg().

Parameters

arg

a command line string

 

cwd

the current working directory of the commandline

 

Returns

a new GFile.

[transfer full]

Since: 2.36


g_file_new_tmp ()

GFile *
g_file_new_tmp (const char *tmpl,
                GFileIOStream **iostream,
                GError **error);

Opens a file in the preferred directory for temporary files (as returned by g_get_tmp_dir()) and returns a GFile and GFileIOStream pointing to it.

tmpl should be a string in the GLib file name encoding containing a sequence of six 'X' characters, and containing no directory components. If it is NULL, a default template is used.

Unlike the other GFile constructors, this will return NULL if a temporary file could not be created.

Parameters

tmpl

Template for the file name, as in g_file_open_tmp(), or NULL for a default template.

[type filename][allow-none]

iostream

on return, a GFileIOStream for the created file.

[out]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a new GFile. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]

Since: 2.32


g_file_parse_name ()

GFile *
g_file_parse_name (const char *parse_name);

Constructs a GFile with the given parse_name (i.e. something given by g_file_get_parse_name()). This operation never fails, but the returned object might not support any I/O operation if the parse_name cannot be parsed.

Parameters

parse_name

a file name or path to be parsed

 

Returns

a new GFile.

[transfer full]


g_file_dup ()

GFile *
g_file_dup (GFile *file);

Duplicates a GFile handle. This operation does not duplicate the actual file or directory represented by the GFile; see g_file_copy() if attempting to copy a file.

This call does no blocking I/O.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

Returns

a new GFile that is a duplicate of the given GFile.

[transfer full]


g_file_hash ()

guint
g_file_hash (gconstpointer file);

Creates a hash value for a GFile.

This call does no blocking I/O.

Virtual: hash

Parameters

file

gconstpointer to a GFile.

[type GFile]

Returns

0 if file is not a valid GFile, otherwise an integer that can be used as hash value for the GFile. This function is intended for easily hashing a GFile to add to a GHashTable or similar data structure.


g_file_equal ()

gboolean
g_file_equal (GFile *file1,
              GFile *file2);

Checks if the two given GFiles refer to the same file.

Note that two GFiles that differ can still refer to the same file on the filesystem due to various forms of filename aliasing.

This call does no blocking I/O.

Parameters

file1

the first GFile

 

file2

the second GFile

 

Returns

TRUE if file1 and file2 are equal.


g_file_get_basename ()

char *
g_file_get_basename (GFile *file);

Gets the base name (the last component of the path) for a given GFile.

If called for the top level of a system (such as the filesystem root or a uri like sftp://host/) it will return a single directory separator (and on Windows, possibly a drive letter).

The base name is a byte string (not UTF-8). It has no defined encoding or rules other than it may not contain zero bytes. If you want to use filenames in a user interface you should use the display name that you can get by requesting the G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_DISPLAY_NAME attribute with g_file_query_info().

This call does no blocking I/O.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

Returns

string containing the GFile's base name, or NULL if given GFile is invalid. The returned string should be freed with g_free() when no longer needed.

[nullable]


g_file_get_path ()

char *
g_file_get_path (GFile *file);

Gets the local pathname for GFile, if one exists. If non-NULL, this is guaranteed to be an absolute, canonical path. It might contain symlinks.

This call does no blocking I/O.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

Returns

string containing the GFile's path, or NULL if no such path exists. The returned string should be freed with g_free() when no longer needed.

[nullable]


g_file_get_uri ()

char *
g_file_get_uri (GFile *file);

Gets the URI for the file .

This call does no blocking I/O.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

Returns

a string containing the GFile's URI. The returned string should be freed with g_free() when no longer needed.


g_file_get_parse_name ()

char *
g_file_get_parse_name (GFile *file);

Gets the parse name of the file . A parse name is a UTF-8 string that describes the file such that one can get the GFile back using g_file_parse_name().

This is generally used to show the GFile as a nice full-pathname kind of string in a user interface, like in a location entry.

For local files with names that can safely be converted to UTF-8 the pathname is used, otherwise the IRI is used (a form of URI that allows UTF-8 characters unescaped).

This call does no blocking I/O.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

Returns

a string containing the GFile's parse name. The returned string should be freed with g_free() when no longer needed.


g_file_get_parent ()

GFile *
g_file_get_parent (GFile *file);

Gets the parent directory for the file . If the file represents the root directory of the file system, then NULL will be returned.

This call does no blocking I/O.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

Returns

a GFile structure to the parent of the given GFile or NULL if there is no parent. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[nullable][transfer full]


g_file_has_parent ()

gboolean
g_file_has_parent (GFile *file,
                   GFile *parent);

Checks if file has a parent, and optionally, if it is parent .

If parent is NULL then this function returns TRUE if file has any parent at all. If parent is non-NULL then TRUE is only returned if file is an immediate child of parent .

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

parent

the parent to check for, or NULL.

[allow-none]

Returns

TRUE if file is an immediate child of parent (or any parent in the case that parent is NULL).

Since: 2.24


g_file_get_child ()

GFile *
g_file_get_child (GFile *file,
                  const char *name);

Gets a child of file with basename equal to name .

Note that the file with that specific name might not exist, but you can still have a GFile that points to it. You can use this for instance to create that file.

This call does no blocking I/O.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

name

string containing the child's basename

 

Returns

a GFile to a child specified by name . Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]


g_file_get_child_for_display_name ()

GFile *
g_file_get_child_for_display_name (GFile *file,
                                   const char *display_name,
                                   GError **error);

Gets the child of file for a given display_name (i.e. a UTF-8 version of the name). If this function fails, it returns NULL and error will be set. This is very useful when constructing a GFile for a new file and the user entered the filename in the user interface, for instance when you select a directory and type a filename in the file selector.

This call does no blocking I/O.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

display_name

string to a possible child

 

error

return location for an error

 

Returns

a GFile to the specified child, or NULL if the display name couldn't be converted. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]


g_file_has_prefix ()

gboolean
g_file_has_prefix (GFile *file,
                   GFile *prefix);

Checks whether file has the prefix specified by prefix .

In other words, if the names of initial elements of file 's pathname match prefix . Only full pathname elements are matched, so a path like /foo is not considered a prefix of /foobar, only of /foo/bar.

A GFile is not a prefix of itself. If you want to check for equality, use g_file_equal().

This call does no I/O, as it works purely on names. As such it can sometimes return FALSE even if file is inside a prefix (from a filesystem point of view), because the prefix of file is an alias of prefix .

Virtual: prefix_matches

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

prefix

input GFile

 

Returns

TRUE if the files 's parent, grandparent, etc is prefix , FALSE otherwise.


g_file_get_relative_path ()

char *
g_file_get_relative_path (GFile *parent,
                          GFile *descendant);

Gets the path for descendant relative to parent .

This call does no blocking I/O.

Parameters

parent

input GFile

 

descendant

input GFile

 

Returns

string with the relative path from descendant to parent , or NULL if descendant doesn't have parent as prefix. The returned string should be freed with g_free() when no longer needed.

[nullable]


g_file_resolve_relative_path ()

GFile *
g_file_resolve_relative_path (GFile *file,
                              const char *relative_path);

Resolves a relative path for file to an absolute path.

This call does no blocking I/O.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

relative_path

a given relative path string

 

Returns

GFile to the resolved path. NULL if relative_path is NULL or if file is invalid. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]


g_file_is_native ()

gboolean
g_file_is_native (GFile *file);

Checks to see if a file is native to the platform.

A native file s one expressed in the platform-native filename format, e.g. "C:\Windows" or "/usr/bin/". This does not mean the file is local, as it might be on a locally mounted remote filesystem.

On some systems non-native files may be available using the native filesystem via a userspace filesystem (FUSE), in these cases this call will return FALSE, but g_file_get_path() will still return a native path.

This call does no blocking I/O.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

Returns

TRUE if file is native


g_file_has_uri_scheme ()

gboolean
g_file_has_uri_scheme (GFile *file,
                       const char *uri_scheme);

Checks to see if a GFile has a given URI scheme.

This call does no blocking I/O.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

uri_scheme

a string containing a URI scheme

 

Returns

TRUE if GFile's backend supports the given URI scheme, FALSE if URI scheme is NULL, not supported, or GFile is invalid.


g_file_get_uri_scheme ()

char *
g_file_get_uri_scheme (GFile *file);

Gets the URI scheme for a GFile. RFC 3986 decodes the scheme as:

1
URI = scheme ":" hier-part [ "?" query ] [ "#" fragment ]

Common schemes include "file", "http", "ftp", etc.

This call does no blocking I/O.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

Returns

a string containing the URI scheme for the given GFile. The returned string should be freed with g_free() when no longer needed.


g_file_read ()

GFileInputStream *
g_file_read (GFile *file,
             GCancellable *cancellable,
             GError **error);

Opens a file for reading. The result is a GFileInputStream that can be used to read the contents of the file.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

If the file does not exist, the G_IO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND error will be returned. If the file is a directory, the G_IO_ERROR_IS_DIRECTORY error will be returned. Other errors are possible too, and depend on what kind of filesystem the file is on.

Virtual: read_fn

Parameters

file

GFile to read

 

cancellable

a GCancellable.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

GFileInputStream or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]


g_file_read_async ()

void
g_file_read_async (GFile *file,
                   int io_priority,
                   GCancellable *cancellable,
                   GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                   gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously opens file for reading.

For more details, see g_file_read() which is the synchronous version of this call.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_read_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.

[scope async]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

g_file_read_finish ()

GFileInputStream *
g_file_read_finish (GFile *file,
                    GAsyncResult *res,
                    GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous file read operation started with g_file_read_async().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

res

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFileInputStream or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

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g_file_append_to ()

GFileOutputStream *
g_file_append_to (GFile *file,
                  GFileCreateFlags flags,
                  GCancellable *cancellable,
                  GError **error);

Gets an output stream for appending data to the file. If the file doesn't already exist it is created.

By default files created are generally readable by everyone, but if you pass G_FILE_CREATE_PRIVATE in flags the file will be made readable only to the current user, to the level that is supported on the target filesystem.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Some file systems don't allow all file names, and may return an G_IO_ERROR_INVALID_FILENAME error. If the file is a directory the G_IO_ERROR_IS_DIRECTORY error will be returned. Other errors are possible too, and depend on what kind of filesystem the file is on.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

flags

a set of GFileCreateFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFileOutputStream, or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

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g_file_create ()

GFileOutputStream *
g_file_create (GFile *file,
               GFileCreateFlags flags,
               GCancellable *cancellable,
               GError **error);

Creates a new file and returns an output stream for writing to it. The file must not already exist.

By default files created are generally readable by everyone, but if you pass G_FILE_CREATE_PRIVATE in flags the file will be made readable only to the current user, to the level that is supported on the target filesystem.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

If a file or directory with this name already exists the G_IO_ERROR_EXISTS error will be returned. Some file systems don't allow all file names, and may return an G_IO_ERROR_INVALID_FILENAME error, and if the name is to long G_IO_ERROR_FILENAME_TOO_LONG will be returned. Other errors are possible too, and depend on what kind of filesystem the file is on.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

flags

a set of GFileCreateFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFileOutputStream for the newly created file, or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

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g_file_replace ()

GFileOutputStream *
g_file_replace (GFile *file,
                const char *etag,
                gboolean make_backup,
                GFileCreateFlags flags,
                GCancellable *cancellable,
                GError **error);

Returns an output stream for overwriting the file, possibly creating a backup copy of the file first. If the file doesn't exist, it will be created.

This will try to replace the file in the safest way possible so that any errors during the writing will not affect an already existing copy of the file. For instance, for local files it may write to a temporary file and then atomically rename over the destination when the stream is closed.

By default files created are generally readable by everyone, but if you pass G_FILE_CREATE_PRIVATE in flags the file will be made readable only to the current user, to the level that is supported on the target filesystem.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

If you pass in a non-NULL etag value and file already exists, then this value is compared to the current entity tag of the file, and if they differ an G_IO_ERROR_WRONG_ETAG error is returned. This generally means that the file has been changed since you last read it. You can get the new etag from g_file_output_stream_get_etag() after you've finished writing and closed the GFileOutputStream. When you load a new file you can use g_file_input_stream_query_info() to get the etag of the file.

If make_backup is TRUE, this function will attempt to make a backup of the current file before overwriting it. If this fails a G_IO_ERROR_CANT_CREATE_BACKUP error will be returned. If you want to replace anyway, try again with make_backup set to FALSE.

If the file is a directory the G_IO_ERROR_IS_DIRECTORY error will be returned, and if the file is some other form of non-regular file then a G_IO_ERROR_NOT_REGULAR_FILE error will be returned. Some file systems don't allow all file names, and may return an G_IO_ERROR_INVALID_FILENAME error, and if the name is to long G_IO_ERROR_FILENAME_TOO_LONG will be returned. Other errors are possible too, and depend on what kind of filesystem the file is on.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

etag

an optional entity tag for the current GFile, or NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

make_backup

TRUE if a backup should be created

 

flags

a set of GFileCreateFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFileOutputStream or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

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g_file_append_to_async ()

void
g_file_append_to_async (GFile *file,
                        GFileCreateFlags flags,
                        int io_priority,
                        GCancellable *cancellable,
                        GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                        gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously opens file for appending.

For more details, see g_file_append_to() which is the synchronous version of this call.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_append_to_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

flags

a set of GFileCreateFlags

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.

[scope async]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

g_file_append_to_finish ()

GFileOutputStream *
g_file_append_to_finish (GFile *file,
                         GAsyncResult *res,
                         GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous file append operation started with g_file_append_to_async().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

res

GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a valid GFileOutputStream or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

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g_file_create_async ()

void
g_file_create_async (GFile *file,
                     GFileCreateFlags flags,
                     int io_priority,
                     GCancellable *cancellable,
                     GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                     gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously creates a new file and returns an output stream for writing to it. The file must not already exist.

For more details, see g_file_create() which is the synchronous version of this call.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_create_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

flags

a set of GFileCreateFlags

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.

[scope async]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

g_file_create_finish ()

GFileOutputStream *
g_file_create_finish (GFile *file,
                      GAsyncResult *res,
                      GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous file create operation started with g_file_create_async().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

res

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFileOutputStream or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]


g_file_replace_async ()

void
g_file_replace_async (GFile *file,
                      const char *etag,
                      gboolean make_backup,
                      GFileCreateFlags flags,
                      int io_priority,
                      GCancellable *cancellable,
                      GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                      gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously overwrites the file, replacing the contents, possibly creating a backup copy of the file first.

For more details, see g_file_replace() which is the synchronous version of this call.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_replace_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

etag

an entity tag for the current GFile, or NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

make_backup

TRUE if a backup should be created

 

flags

a set of GFileCreateFlags

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.

[scope async]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

g_file_replace_finish ()

GFileOutputStream *
g_file_replace_finish (GFile *file,
                       GAsyncResult *res,
                       GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous file replace operation started with g_file_replace_async().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

res

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFileOutputStream, or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

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g_file_query_info ()

GFileInfo *
g_file_query_info (GFile *file,
                   const char *attributes,
                   GFileQueryInfoFlags flags,
                   GCancellable *cancellable,
                   GError **error);

Gets the requested information about specified file . The result is a GFileInfo object that contains key-value attributes (such as the type or size of the file).

The attributes value is a string that specifies the file attributes that should be gathered. It is not an error if it's not possible to read a particular requested attribute from a file - it just won't be set. attributes should be a comma-separated list of attributes or attribute wildcards. The wildcard "*" means all attributes, and a wildcard like "standard::*" means all attributes in the standard namespace. An example attribute query be "standard::*,owner::user". The standard attributes are available as defines, like G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_NAME.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

For symlinks, normally the information about the target of the symlink is returned, rather than information about the symlink itself. However if you pass G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS in flags the information about the symlink itself will be returned. Also, for symlinks that point to non-existing files the information about the symlink itself will be returned.

If the file does not exist, the G_IO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND error will be returned. Other errors are possible too, and depend on what kind of filesystem the file is on.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

attributes

an attribute query string

 

flags

a set of GFileQueryInfoFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError

 

Returns

a GFileInfo for the given file , or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

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g_file_query_info_async ()

void
g_file_query_info_async (GFile *file,
                         const char *attributes,
                         GFileQueryInfoFlags flags,
                         int io_priority,
                         GCancellable *cancellable,
                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                         gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously gets the requested information about specified file . The result is a GFileInfo object that contains key-value attributes (such as type or size for the file).

For more details, see g_file_query_info() which is the synchronous version of this call.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_query_info_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

attributes

an attribute query string

 

flags

a set of GFileQueryInfoFlags

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.

[scope async]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

g_file_query_info_finish ()

GFileInfo *
g_file_query_info_finish (GFile *file,
                          GAsyncResult *res,
                          GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous file info query. See g_file_query_info_async().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

res

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError

 

Returns

GFileInfo for given file or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

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g_file_query_exists ()

gboolean
g_file_query_exists (GFile *file,
                     GCancellable *cancellable);

Utility function to check if a particular file exists. This is implemented using g_file_query_info() and as such does blocking I/O.

Note that in many cases it is racy to first check for file existence and then execute something based on the outcome of that, because the file might have been created or removed in between the operations. The general approach to handling that is to not check, but just do the operation and handle the errors as they come.

As an example of race-free checking, take the case of reading a file, and if it doesn't exist, creating it. There are two racy versions: read it, and on error create it; and: check if it exists, if not create it. These can both result in two processes creating the file (with perhaps a partially written file as the result). The correct approach is to always try to create the file with g_file_create() which will either atomically create the file or fail with a G_IO_ERROR_EXISTS error.

However, in many cases an existence check is useful in a user interface, for instance to make a menu item sensitive/insensitive, so that you don't have to fool users that something is possible and then just show an error dialog. If you do this, you should make sure to also handle the errors that can happen due to races when you execute the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

Returns

TRUE if the file exists (and can be detected without error), FALSE otherwise (or if cancelled).


g_file_query_file_type ()

GFileType
g_file_query_file_type (GFile *file,
                        GFileQueryInfoFlags flags,
                        GCancellable *cancellable);

Utility function to inspect the GFileType of a file. This is implemented using g_file_query_info() and as such does blocking I/O.

The primary use case of this method is to check if a file is a regular file, directory, or symlink.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

flags

a set of GFileQueryInfoFlags passed to g_file_query_info()

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

Returns

The GFileType of the file and G_FILE_TYPE_UNKNOWN if the file does not exist

Since: 2.18


g_file_query_filesystem_info ()

GFileInfo *
g_file_query_filesystem_info (GFile *file,
                              const char *attributes,
                              GCancellable *cancellable,
                              GError **error);

Similar to g_file_query_info(), but obtains information about the filesystem the file is on, rather than the file itself. For instance the amount of space available and the type of the filesystem.

The attributes value is a string that specifies the attributes that should be gathered. It is not an error if it's not possible to read a particular requested attribute from a file - it just won't be set. attributes should be a comma-separated list of attributes or attribute wildcards. The wildcard "*" means all attributes, and a wildcard like "filesystem::*" means all attributes in the filesystem namespace. The standard namespace for filesystem attributes is "filesystem". Common attributes of interest are G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_SIZE (the total size of the filesystem in bytes), G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_FREE (number of bytes available), and G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_TYPE (type of the filesystem).

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

If the file does not exist, the G_IO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND error will be returned. Other errors are possible too, and depend on what kind of filesystem the file is on.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

attributes

an attribute query string

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError

 

Returns

a GFileInfo or NULL if there was an error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

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g_file_query_filesystem_info_async ()

void
g_file_query_filesystem_info_async (GFile *file,
                                    const char *attributes,
                                    int io_priority,
                                    GCancellable *cancellable,
                                    GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                    gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously gets the requested information about the filesystem that the specified file is on. The result is a GFileInfo object that contains key-value attributes (such as type or size for the file).

For more details, see g_file_query_filesystem_info() which is the synchronous version of this call.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_query_info_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

attributes

an attribute query string

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.

[scope async]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

g_file_query_filesystem_info_finish ()

GFileInfo *
g_file_query_filesystem_info_finish (GFile *file,
                                     GAsyncResult *res,
                                     GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous filesystem info query. See g_file_query_filesystem_info_async().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

res

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError

 

Returns

GFileInfo for given file or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

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g_file_query_default_handler ()

GAppInfo *
g_file_query_default_handler (GFile *file,
                              GCancellable *cancellable,
                              GError **error);

Returns the GAppInfo that is registered as the default application to handle the file specified by file .

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

a GFile to open

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GAppInfo if the handle was found, NULL if there were errors. When you are done with it, release it with g_object_unref().

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g_file_measure_disk_usage ()

gboolean
g_file_measure_disk_usage (GFile *file,
                           GFileMeasureFlags flags,
                           GCancellable *cancellable,
                           GFileMeasureProgressCallback progress_callback,
                           gpointer progress_data,
                           guint64 *disk_usage,
                           guint64 *num_dirs,
                           guint64 *num_files,
                           GError **error);

Recursively measures the disk usage of file .

This is essentially an analog of the 'du' command, but it also reports the number of directories and non-directory files encountered (including things like symbolic links).

By default, errors are only reported against the toplevel file itself. Errors found while recursing are silently ignored, unless G_FILE_DISK_USAGE_REPORT_ALL_ERRORS is given in flags .

The returned size, disk_usage , is in bytes and should be formatted with g_format_size() in order to get something reasonable for showing in a user interface.

progress_callback and progress_data can be given to request periodic progress updates while scanning. See the documentation for GFileMeasureProgressCallback for information about when and how the callback will be invoked.

Parameters

file

a GFile

 

flags

GFileMeasureFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable.

[allow-none]

progress_callback

a GFileMeasureProgressCallback.

[allow-none]

progress_data

user_data for progress_callback

 

disk_usage

the number of bytes of disk space used.

[allow-none][out]

num_dirs

the number of directories encountered.

[allow-none][out]

num_files

the number of non-directories encountered.

[allow-none][out]

error

NULL, or a pointer to a NULL GError pointer.

[allow-none]

Returns

TRUE if successful, with the out parameters set. FALSE otherwise, with error set.

Since: 2.38


g_file_measure_disk_usage_async ()

void
g_file_measure_disk_usage_async (GFile *file,
                                 GFileMeasureFlags flags,
                                 gint io_priority,
                                 GCancellable *cancellable,
                                 GFileMeasureProgressCallback progress_callback,
                                 gpointer progress_data,
                                 GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                 gpointer user_data);

Recursively measures the disk usage of file .

This is the asynchronous version of g_file_measure_disk_usage(). See there for more information.

Parameters

file

a GFile

 

flags

GFileMeasureFlags

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable.

[allow-none]

progress_callback

a GFileMeasureProgressCallback.

[allow-none]

progress_data

user_data for progress_callback

 

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when complete.

[allow-none]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function

 

Since: 2.38


g_file_measure_disk_usage_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_measure_disk_usage_finish (GFile *file,
                                  GAsyncResult *result,
                                  guint64 *disk_usage,
                                  guint64 *num_dirs,
                                  guint64 *num_files,
                                  GError **error);

Collects the results from an earlier call to g_file_measure_disk_usage_async(). See g_file_measure_disk_usage() for more information.

Parameters

file

a GFile

 

result

the GAsyncResult passed to your GAsyncReadyCallback

 

disk_usage

the number of bytes of disk space used.

[allow-none][out]

num_dirs

the number of directories encountered.

[allow-none][out]

num_files

the number of non-directories encountered.

[allow-none][out]

error

NULL, or a pointer to a NULL GError pointer.

[allow-none]

Returns

TRUE if successful, with the out parameters set. FALSE otherwise, with error set.

Since: 2.38


g_file_find_enclosing_mount ()

GMount *
g_file_find_enclosing_mount (GFile *file,
                             GCancellable *cancellable,
                             GError **error);

Gets a GMount for the GFile.

If the GFileIface for file does not have a mount (e.g. possibly a remote share), error will be set to G_IO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND and NULL will be returned.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError

 

Returns

a GMount where the file is located or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

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g_file_find_enclosing_mount_async ()

void
g_file_find_enclosing_mount_async (GFile *file,
                                   int io_priority,
                                   GCancellable *cancellable,
                                   GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                   gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously gets the mount for the file.

For more details, see g_file_find_enclosing_mount() which is the synchronous version of this call.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_find_enclosing_mount_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

a GFile

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.

[scope async]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

g_file_find_enclosing_mount_finish ()

GMount *
g_file_find_enclosing_mount_finish (GFile *file,
                                    GAsyncResult *res,
                                    GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous find mount request. See g_file_find_enclosing_mount_async().

Parameters

file

a GFile

 

res

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError

 

Returns

GMount for given file or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

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g_file_enumerate_children ()

GFileEnumerator *
g_file_enumerate_children (GFile *file,
                           const char *attributes,
                           GFileQueryInfoFlags flags,
                           GCancellable *cancellable,
                           GError **error);

Gets the requested information about the files in a directory. The result is a GFileEnumerator object that will give out GFileInfo objects for all the files in the directory.

The attributes value is a string that specifies the file attributes that should be gathered. It is not an error if it's not possible to read a particular requested attribute from a file - it just won't be set. attributes should be a comma-separated list of attributes or attribute wildcards. The wildcard "*" means all attributes, and a wildcard like "standard::*" means all attributes in the standard namespace. An example attribute query be "standard::*,owner::user". The standard attributes are available as defines, like G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_NAME.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

If the file does not exist, the G_IO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND error will be returned. If the file is not a directory, the G_IO_ERROR_NOT_DIRECTORY error will be returned. Other errors are possible too.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

attributes

an attribute query string

 

flags

a set of GFileQueryInfoFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

GError for error reporting

 

Returns

A GFileEnumerator if successful, NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]


g_file_enumerate_children_async ()

void
g_file_enumerate_children_async (GFile *file,
                                 const char *attributes,
                                 GFileQueryInfoFlags flags,
                                 int io_priority,
                                 GCancellable *cancellable,
                                 GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                 gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously gets the requested information about the files in a directory. The result is a GFileEnumerator object that will give out GFileInfo objects for all the files in the directory.

For more details, see g_file_enumerate_children() which is the synchronous version of this call.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_enumerate_children_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

attributes

an attribute query string

 

flags

a set of GFileQueryInfoFlags

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.

[scope async]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

g_file_enumerate_children_finish ()

GFileEnumerator *
g_file_enumerate_children_finish (GFile *file,
                                  GAsyncResult *res,
                                  GError **error);

Finishes an async enumerate children operation. See g_file_enumerate_children_async().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

res

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError

 

Returns

a GFileEnumerator or NULL if an error occurred. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

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g_file_set_display_name ()

GFile *
g_file_set_display_name (GFile *file,
                         const char *display_name,
                         GCancellable *cancellable,
                         GError **error);

Renames file to the specified display name.

The display name is converted from UTF-8 to the correct encoding for the target filesystem if possible and the file is renamed to this.

If you want to implement a rename operation in the user interface the edit name (G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_EDIT_NAME) should be used as the initial value in the rename widget, and then the result after editing should be passed to g_file_set_display_name().

On success the resulting converted filename is returned.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

display_name

a string

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFile specifying what file was renamed to, or NULL if there was an error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]


g_file_set_display_name_async ()

void
g_file_set_display_name_async (GFile *file,
                               const char *display_name,
                               int io_priority,
                               GCancellable *cancellable,
                               GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                               gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously sets the display name for a given GFile.

For more details, see g_file_set_display_name() which is the synchronous version of this call.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_set_display_name_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

display_name

a string

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.

[scope async]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

g_file_set_display_name_finish ()

GFile *
g_file_set_display_name_finish (GFile *file,
                                GAsyncResult *res,
                                GError **error);

Finishes setting a display name started with g_file_set_display_name_async().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

res

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFile or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

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g_file_delete ()

gboolean
g_file_delete (GFile *file,
               GCancellable *cancellable,
               GError **error);

Deletes a file. If the file is a directory, it will only be deleted if it is empty. This has the same semantics as g_unlink().

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Virtual: delete_file

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the file was deleted. FALSE otherwise.


g_file_delete_async ()

void
g_file_delete_async (GFile *file,
                     int io_priority,
                     GCancellable *cancellable,
                     GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                     gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously delete a file. If the file is a directory, it will only be deleted if it is empty. This has the same semantics as g_unlink().

Virtual: delete_file_async

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied

 

user_data

the data to pass to callback function

 

Since: 2.34


g_file_delete_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_delete_finish (GFile *file,
                      GAsyncResult *result,
                      GError **error);

Finishes deleting a file started with g_file_delete_async().

Virtual: delete_file_finish

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

result

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the file was deleted. FALSE otherwise.

Since: 2.34


g_file_trash ()

gboolean
g_file_trash (GFile *file,
              GCancellable *cancellable,
              GError **error);

Sends file to the "Trashcan", if possible. This is similar to deleting it, but the user can recover it before emptying the trashcan. Not all file systems support trashing, so this call can return the G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED error.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Virtual: trash

Parameters

file

GFile to send to trash

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE on successful trash, FALSE otherwise.


g_file_trash_async ()

void
g_file_trash_async (GFile *file,
                    int io_priority,
                    GCancellable *cancellable,
                    GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                    gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously sends file to the Trash location, if possible.

Virtual: trash_async

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied

 

user_data

the data to pass to callback function

 

Since: 2.38


g_file_trash_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_trash_finish (GFile *file,
                     GAsyncResult *result,
                     GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous file trashing operation, started with g_file_trash_async().

Virtual: trash_finish

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

result

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE on successful trash, FALSE otherwise.

Since: 2.38


g_file_copy ()

gboolean
g_file_copy (GFile *source,
             GFile *destination,
             GFileCopyFlags flags,
             GCancellable *cancellable,
             GFileProgressCallback progress_callback,
             gpointer progress_callback_data,
             GError **error);

Copies the file source to the location specified by destination . Can not handle recursive copies of directories.

If the flag G_FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE is specified an already existing destination file is overwritten.

If the flag G_FILE_COPY_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS is specified then symlinks will be copied as symlinks, otherwise the target of the source symlink will be copied.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

If progress_callback is not NULL, then the operation can be monitored by setting this to a GFileProgressCallback function. progress_callback_data will be passed to this function. It is guaranteed that this callback will be called after all data has been transferred with the total number of bytes copied during the operation.

If the source file does not exist, then the G_IO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND error is returned, independent on the status of the destination .

If G_FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE is not specified and the target exists, then the error G_IO_ERROR_EXISTS is returned.

If trying to overwrite a file over a directory, the G_IO_ERROR_IS_DIRECTORY error is returned. If trying to overwrite a directory with a directory the G_IO_ERROR_WOULD_MERGE error is returned.

If the source is a directory and the target does not exist, or G_FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE is specified and the target is a file, then the G_IO_ERROR_WOULD_RECURSE error is returned.

If you are interested in copying the GFile object itself (not the on-disk file), see g_file_dup().

Parameters

source

input GFile

 

destination

destination GFile

 

flags

set of GFileCopyFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

progress_callback

function to callback with progress information, or NULL if progress information is not needed.

[allow-none][scope call]

progress_callback_data

user data to pass to progress_callback .

[closure]

error

GError to set on error, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE on success, FALSE otherwise.


g_file_copy_async ()

void
g_file_copy_async (GFile *source,
                   GFile *destination,
                   GFileCopyFlags flags,
                   int io_priority,
                   GCancellable *cancellable,
                   GFileProgressCallback progress_callback,
                   gpointer progress_callback_data,
                   GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                   gpointer user_data);

Copies the file source to the location specified by destination asynchronously. For details of the behaviour, see g_file_copy().

If progress_callback is not NULL, then that function that will be called just like in g_file_copy(). The callback will run in the default main context of the thread calling g_file_copy_async() — the same context as callback is run in.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_copy_finish() to get the result of the operation.

[skip]

Parameters

source

input GFile

 

destination

destination GFile

 

flags

set of GFileCopyFlags

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

progress_callback

function to callback with progress information, or NULL if progress information is not needed.

[allow-none]

progress_callback_data

user data to pass to progress_callback .

[closure]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied

 

user_data

the data to pass to callback function

 

g_file_copy_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_copy_finish (GFile *file,
                    GAsyncResult *res,
                    GError **error);

Finishes copying the file started with g_file_copy_async().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

res

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a TRUE on success, FALSE on error.


g_file_move ()

gboolean
g_file_move (GFile *source,
             GFile *destination,
             GFileCopyFlags flags,
             GCancellable *cancellable,
             GFileProgressCallback progress_callback,
             gpointer progress_callback_data,
             GError **error);

Tries to move the file or directory source to the location specified by destination . If native move operations are supported then this is used, otherwise a copy + delete fallback is used. The native implementation may support moving directories (for instance on moves inside the same filesystem), but the fallback code does not.

If the flag G_FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE is specified an already existing destination file is overwritten.

If the flag G_FILE_COPY_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS is specified then symlinks will be copied as symlinks, otherwise the target of the source symlink will be copied.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

If progress_callback is not NULL, then the operation can be monitored by setting this to a GFileProgressCallback function. progress_callback_data will be passed to this function. It is guaranteed that this callback will be called after all data has been transferred with the total number of bytes copied during the operation.

If the source file does not exist, then the G_IO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND error is returned, independent on the status of the destination .

If G_FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE is not specified and the target exists, then the error G_IO_ERROR_EXISTS is returned.

If trying to overwrite a file over a directory, the G_IO_ERROR_IS_DIRECTORY error is returned. If trying to overwrite a directory with a directory the G_IO_ERROR_WOULD_MERGE error is returned.

If the source is a directory and the target does not exist, or G_FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE is specified and the target is a file, then the G_IO_ERROR_WOULD_RECURSE error may be returned (if the native move operation isn't available).

Parameters

source

GFile pointing to the source location

 

destination

GFile pointing to the destination location

 

flags

set of GFileCopyFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

progress_callback

GFileProgressCallback function for updates.

[allow-none][scope call]

progress_callback_data

gpointer to user data for the callback function.

[closure]

error

GError for returning error conditions, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE on successful move, FALSE otherwise.


g_file_make_directory ()

gboolean
g_file_make_directory (GFile *file,
                       GCancellable *cancellable,
                       GError **error);

Creates a directory. Note that this will only create a child directory of the immediate parent directory of the path or URI given by the GFile. To recursively create directories, see g_file_make_directory_with_parents(). This function will fail if the parent directory does not exist, setting error to G_IO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND. If the file system doesn't support creating directories, this function will fail, setting error to G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED.

For a local GFile the newly created directory will have the default (current) ownership and permissions of the current process.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE on successful creation, FALSE otherwise.


g_file_make_directory_async ()

void
g_file_make_directory_async (GFile *file,
                             int io_priority,
                             GCancellable *cancellable,
                             GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                             gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously creates a directory.

Virtual: make_directory_async

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied

 

user_data

the data to pass to callback function

 

Since: 2.38


g_file_make_directory_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_make_directory_finish (GFile *file,
                              GAsyncResult *result,
                              GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous directory creation, started with g_file_make_directory_async().

Virtual: make_directory_finish

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

result

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE on successful directory creation, FALSE otherwise.

Since: 2.38


g_file_make_directory_with_parents ()

gboolean
g_file_make_directory_with_parents (GFile *file,
                                    GCancellable *cancellable,
                                    GError **error);

Creates a directory and any parent directories that may not exist similar to 'mkdir -p'. If the file system does not support creating directories, this function will fail, setting error to G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED. If the directory itself already exists, this function will fail setting error to G_IO_ERROR_EXISTS, unlike the similar g_mkdir_with_parents().

For a local GFile the newly created directories will have the default (current) ownership and permissions of the current process.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if all directories have been successfully created, FALSE otherwise.

Since: 2.18


g_file_make_symbolic_link ()

gboolean
g_file_make_symbolic_link (GFile *file,
                           const char *symlink_value,
                           GCancellable *cancellable,
                           GError **error);

Creates a symbolic link named file which contains the string symlink_value .

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

a GFile with the name of the symlink to create

 

symlink_value

a string with the path for the target of the new symlink

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError

 

Returns

TRUE on the creation of a new symlink, FALSE otherwise.


g_file_query_settable_attributes ()

GFileAttributeInfoList *
g_file_query_settable_attributes (GFile *file,
                                  GCancellable *cancellable,
                                  GError **error);

Obtain the list of settable attributes for the file.

Returns the type and full attribute name of all the attributes that can be set on this file. This doesn't mean setting it will always succeed though, you might get an access failure, or some specific file may not support a specific attribute.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFileAttributeInfoList describing the settable attributes. When you are done with it, release it with g_file_attribute_info_list_unref()


g_file_query_writable_namespaces ()

GFileAttributeInfoList *
g_file_query_writable_namespaces (GFile *file,
                                  GCancellable *cancellable,
                                  GError **error);

Obtain the list of attribute namespaces where new attributes can be created by a user. An example of this is extended attributes (in the "xattr" namespace).

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFileAttributeInfoList describing the writable namespaces. When you are done with it, release it with g_file_attribute_info_list_unref()


g_file_set_attribute ()

gboolean
g_file_set_attribute (GFile *file,
                      const char *attribute,
                      GFileAttributeType type,
                      gpointer value_p,
                      GFileQueryInfoFlags flags,
                      GCancellable *cancellable,
                      GError **error);

Sets an attribute in the file with attribute name attribute to value .

Some attributes can be unset by setting attribute to G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_INVALID and value_p to NULL.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

attribute

a string containing the attribute's name

 

type

The type of the attribute

 

value_p

a pointer to the value (or the pointer itself if the type is a pointer type).

[allow-none]

flags

a set of GFileQueryInfoFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the attribute was set, FALSE otherwise.


g_file_set_attributes_from_info ()

gboolean
g_file_set_attributes_from_info (GFile *file,
                                 GFileInfo *info,
                                 GFileQueryInfoFlags flags,
                                 GCancellable *cancellable,
                                 GError **error);

Tries to set all attributes in the GFileInfo on the target values, not stopping on the first error.

If there is any error during this operation then error will be set to the first error. Error on particular fields are flagged by setting the "status" field in the attribute value to G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STATUS_ERROR_SETTING, which means you can also detect further errors.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

info

a GFileInfo

 

flags

GFileQueryInfoFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

FALSE if there was any error, TRUE otherwise.


g_file_set_attributes_async ()

void
g_file_set_attributes_async (GFile *file,
                             GFileInfo *info,
                             GFileQueryInfoFlags flags,
                             int io_priority,
                             GCancellable *cancellable,
                             GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                             gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously sets the attributes of file with info .

For more details, see g_file_set_attributes_from_info(), which is the synchronous version of this call.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_set_attributes_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

info

a GFileInfo

 

flags

a GFileQueryInfoFlags

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback.

[scope async]

user_data

a gpointer.

[closure]

g_file_set_attributes_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_set_attributes_finish (GFile *file,
                              GAsyncResult *result,
                              GFileInfo **info,
                              GError **error);

Finishes setting an attribute started in g_file_set_attributes_async().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

result

a GAsyncResult

 

info

a GFileInfo.

[out][transfer full]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the attributes were set correctly, FALSE otherwise.


g_file_set_attribute_string ()

gboolean
g_file_set_attribute_string (GFile *file,
                             const char *attribute,
                             const char *value,
                             GFileQueryInfoFlags flags,
                             GCancellable *cancellable,
                             GError **error);

Sets attribute of type G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_STRING to value . If attribute is of a different type, this operation will fail.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

attribute

a string containing the attribute's name

 

value

a string containing the attribute's value

 

flags

GFileQueryInfoFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the attribute was successfully set, FALSE otherwise.


g_file_set_attribute_byte_string ()

gboolean
g_file_set_attribute_byte_string (GFile *file,
                                  const char *attribute,
                                  const char *value,
                                  GFileQueryInfoFlags flags,
                                  GCancellable *cancellable,
                                  GError **error);

Sets attribute of type G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_BYTE_STRING to value . If attribute is of a different type, this operation will fail, returning FALSE.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

attribute

a string containing the attribute's name

 

value

a string containing the attribute's new value

 

flags

a GFileQueryInfoFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the attribute was successfully set to value in the file , FALSE otherwise.


g_file_set_attribute_uint32 ()

gboolean
g_file_set_attribute_uint32 (GFile *file,
                             const char *attribute,
                             guint32 value,
                             GFileQueryInfoFlags flags,
                             GCancellable *cancellable,
                             GError **error);

Sets attribute of type G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT32 to value . If attribute is of a different type, this operation will fail.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

attribute

a string containing the attribute's name

 

value

a guint32 containing the attribute's new value

 

flags

a GFileQueryInfoFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the attribute was successfully set to value in the file , FALSE otherwise.


g_file_set_attribute_int32 ()

gboolean
g_file_set_attribute_int32 (GFile *file,
                            const char *attribute,
                            gint32 value,
                            GFileQueryInfoFlags flags,
                            GCancellable *cancellable,
                            GError **error);

Sets attribute of type G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_INT32 to value . If attribute is of a different type, this operation will fail.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

attribute

a string containing the attribute's name

 

value

a gint32 containing the attribute's new value

 

flags

a GFileQueryInfoFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the attribute was successfully set to value in the file , FALSE otherwise.


g_file_set_attribute_uint64 ()

gboolean
g_file_set_attribute_uint64 (GFile *file,
                             const char *attribute,
                             guint64 value,
                             GFileQueryInfoFlags flags,
                             GCancellable *cancellable,
                             GError **error);

Sets attribute of type G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT64 to value . If attribute is of a different type, this operation will fail.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

attribute

a string containing the attribute's name

 

value

a guint64 containing the attribute's new value

 

flags

a GFileQueryInfoFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the attribute was successfully set to value in the file , FALSE otherwise.


g_file_set_attribute_int64 ()

gboolean
g_file_set_attribute_int64 (GFile *file,
                            const char *attribute,
                            gint64 value,
                            GFileQueryInfoFlags flags,
                            GCancellable *cancellable,
                            GError **error);

Sets attribute of type G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_INT64 to value . If attribute is of a different type, this operation will fail.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

attribute

a string containing the attribute's name

 

value

a guint64 containing the attribute's new value

 

flags

a GFileQueryInfoFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the attribute was successfully set, FALSE otherwise.


g_file_mount_mountable ()

void
g_file_mount_mountable (GFile *file,
                        GMountMountFlags flags,
                        GMountOperation *mount_operation,
                        GCancellable *cancellable,
                        GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                        gpointer user_data);

Mounts a file of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE. Using mount_operation , you can request callbacks when, for instance, passwords are needed during authentication.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_mount_mountable_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

flags

flags affecting the operation

 

mount_operation

a GMountOperation, or NULL to avoid user interaction.

[allow-none]

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied, or NULL.

[scope async][allow-none]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

g_file_mount_mountable_finish ()

GFile *
g_file_mount_mountable_finish (GFile *file,
                               GAsyncResult *result,
                               GError **error);

Finishes a mount operation. See g_file_mount_mountable() for details.

Finish an asynchronous mount operation that was started with g_file_mount_mountable().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

result

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFile or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]


g_file_unmount_mountable ()

void
g_file_unmount_mountable (GFile *file,
                          GMountUnmountFlags flags,
                          GCancellable *cancellable,
                          GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                          gpointer user_data);

g_file_unmount_mountable has been deprecated since version 2.22 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use g_file_unmount_mountable_with_operation() instead.

Unmounts a file of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_unmount_mountable_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

flags

flags affecting the operation

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied, or NULL.

[scope async][allow-none]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

g_file_unmount_mountable_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_unmount_mountable_finish (GFile *file,
                                 GAsyncResult *result,
                                 GError **error);

g_file_unmount_mountable_finish has been deprecated since version 2.22 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use g_file_unmount_mountable_with_operation_finish() instead.

Finishes an unmount operation, see g_file_unmount_mountable() for details.

Finish an asynchronous unmount operation that was started with g_file_unmount_mountable().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

result

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the operation finished successfully. FALSE otherwise.


g_file_unmount_mountable_with_operation ()

void
g_file_unmount_mountable_with_operation
                               (GFile *file,
                                GMountUnmountFlags flags,
                                GMountOperation *mount_operation,
                                GCancellable *cancellable,
                                GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                gpointer user_data);

Unmounts a file of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_unmount_mountable_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

flags

flags affecting the operation

 

mount_operation

a GMountOperation, or NULL to avoid user interaction.

[allow-none]

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied, or NULL.

[scope async][allow-none]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

Since: 2.22


g_file_unmount_mountable_with_operation_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_unmount_mountable_with_operation_finish
                               (GFile *file,
                                GAsyncResult *result,
                                GError **error);

Finishes an unmount operation, see g_file_unmount_mountable_with_operation() for details.

Finish an asynchronous unmount operation that was started with g_file_unmount_mountable_with_operation().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

result

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the operation finished successfully. FALSE otherwise.

Since: 2.22


g_file_eject_mountable ()

void
g_file_eject_mountable (GFile *file,
                        GMountUnmountFlags flags,
                        GCancellable *cancellable,
                        GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                        gpointer user_data);

g_file_eject_mountable has been deprecated since version 2.22 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use g_file_eject_mountable_with_operation() instead.

Starts an asynchronous eject on a mountable. When this operation has completed, callback will be called with user_user data, and the operation can be finalized with g_file_eject_mountable_finish().

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

flags

flags affecting the operation

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied, or NULL.

[scope async][allow-none]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

g_file_eject_mountable_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_eject_mountable_finish (GFile *file,
                               GAsyncResult *result,
                               GError **error);

g_file_eject_mountable_finish has been deprecated since version 2.22 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use g_file_eject_mountable_with_operation_finish() instead.

Finishes an asynchronous eject operation started by g_file_eject_mountable().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

result

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the file was ejected successfully. FALSE otherwise.


g_file_eject_mountable_with_operation ()

void
g_file_eject_mountable_with_operation (GFile *file,
                                       GMountUnmountFlags flags,
                                       GMountOperation *mount_operation,
                                       GCancellable *cancellable,
                                       GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                       gpointer user_data);

Starts an asynchronous eject on a mountable. When this operation has completed, callback will be called with user_user data, and the operation can be finalized with g_file_eject_mountable_with_operation_finish().

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

flags

flags affecting the operation

 

mount_operation

a GMountOperation, or NULL to avoid user interaction.

[allow-none]

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied, or NULL.

[scope async][allow-none]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

Since: 2.22


g_file_eject_mountable_with_operation_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_eject_mountable_with_operation_finish
                               (GFile *file,
                                GAsyncResult *result,
                                GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous eject operation started by g_file_eject_mountable_with_operation().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

result

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the file was ejected successfully. FALSE otherwise.

Since: 2.22


g_file_start_mountable ()

void
g_file_start_mountable (GFile *file,
                        GDriveStartFlags flags,
                        GMountOperation *start_operation,
                        GCancellable *cancellable,
                        GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                        gpointer user_data);

Starts a file of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE. Using start_operation , you can request callbacks when, for instance, passwords are needed during authentication.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_mount_mountable_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

flags

flags affecting the operation

 

start_operation

a GMountOperation, or NULL to avoid user interaction.

[allow-none]

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied, or NULL.

[allow-none]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function

 

Since: 2.22


g_file_start_mountable_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_start_mountable_finish (GFile *file,
                               GAsyncResult *result,
                               GError **error);

Finishes a start operation. See g_file_start_mountable() for details.

Finish an asynchronous start operation that was started with g_file_start_mountable().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

result

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the operation finished successfully. FALSE otherwise.

Since: 2.22


g_file_stop_mountable ()

void
g_file_stop_mountable (GFile *file,
                       GMountUnmountFlags flags,
                       GMountOperation *mount_operation,
                       GCancellable *cancellable,
                       GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                       gpointer user_data);

Stops a file of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_stop_mountable_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

flags

flags affecting the operation

 

mount_operation

a GMountOperation, or NULL to avoid user interaction.

[allow-none]

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied, or NULL.

[allow-none]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function

 

Since: 2.22


g_file_stop_mountable_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_stop_mountable_finish (GFile *file,
                              GAsyncResult *result,
                              GError **error);

Finishes an stop operation, see g_file_stop_mountable() for details.

Finish an asynchronous stop operation that was started with g_file_stop_mountable().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

result

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the operation finished successfully. FALSE otherwise.

Since: 2.22


g_file_poll_mountable ()

void
g_file_poll_mountable (GFile *file,
                       GCancellable *cancellable,
                       GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                       gpointer user_data);

Polls a file of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_mount_mountable_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore

 

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied, or NULL.

[allow-none]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function

 

Since: 2.22


g_file_poll_mountable_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_poll_mountable_finish (GFile *file,
                              GAsyncResult *result,
                              GError **error);

Finishes a poll operation. See g_file_poll_mountable() for details.

Finish an asynchronous poll operation that was polled with g_file_poll_mountable().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

result

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the operation finished successfully. FALSE otherwise.

Since: 2.22


g_file_mount_enclosing_volume ()

void
g_file_mount_enclosing_volume (GFile *location,
                               GMountMountFlags flags,
                               GMountOperation *mount_operation,
                               GCancellable *cancellable,
                               GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                               gpointer user_data);

Starts a mount_operation , mounting the volume that contains the file location .

When this operation has completed, callback will be called with user_user data, and the operation can be finalized with g_file_mount_enclosing_volume_finish().

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

location

input GFile

 

flags

flags affecting the operation

 

mount_operation

a GMountOperation or NULL to avoid user interaction.

[allow-none]

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied, or NULL.

[allow-none]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function

 

g_file_mount_enclosing_volume_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_mount_enclosing_volume_finish (GFile *location,
                                      GAsyncResult *result,
                                      GError **error);

Finishes a mount operation started by g_file_mount_enclosing_volume().

Parameters

location

input GFile

 

result

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if successful. If an error has occurred, this function will return FALSE and set error appropriately if present.


g_file_monitor_directory ()

GFileMonitor *
g_file_monitor_directory (GFile *file,
                          GFileMonitorFlags flags,
                          GCancellable *cancellable,
                          GError **error);

Obtains a directory monitor for the given file. This may fail if directory monitoring is not supported.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

It does not make sense for flags to contain G_FILE_MONITOR_WATCH_HARD_LINKS, since hard links can not be made to directories. It is not possible to monitor all the files in a directory for changes made via hard links; if you want to do this then you must register individual watches with g_file_monitor().

Virtual: monitor_dir

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

flags

a set of GFileMonitorFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFileMonitor for the given file , or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]


g_file_monitor_file ()

GFileMonitor *
g_file_monitor_file (GFile *file,
                     GFileMonitorFlags flags,
                     GCancellable *cancellable,
                     GError **error);

Obtains a file monitor for the given file. If no file notification mechanism exists, then regular polling of the file is used.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

If flags contains G_FILE_MONITOR_WATCH_HARD_LINKS then the monitor will also attempt to report changes made to the file via another filename (ie, a hard link). Without this flag, you can only rely on changes made through the filename contained in file to be reported. Using this flag may result in an increase in resource usage, and may not have any effect depending on the GFileMonitor backend and/or filesystem type.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

flags

a set of GFileMonitorFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFileMonitor for the given file , or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]


g_file_monitor ()

GFileMonitor *
g_file_monitor (GFile *file,
                GFileMonitorFlags flags,
                GCancellable *cancellable,
                GError **error);

Obtains a file or directory monitor for the given file, depending on the type of the file.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

flags

a set of GFileMonitorFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFileMonitor for the given file , or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]

Since: 2.18


g_file_load_contents ()

gboolean
g_file_load_contents (GFile *file,
                      GCancellable *cancellable,
                      char **contents,
                      gsize *length,
                      char **etag_out,
                      GError **error);

Loads the content of the file into memory. The data is always zero-terminated, but this is not included in the resultant length . The returned content should be freed with g_free() when no longer needed.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore

 

contents

a location to place the contents of the file.

[out][transfer full][element-type guint8][array length=length]

length

a location to place the length of the contents of the file, or NULL if the length is not needed.

[out][allow-none]

etag_out

a location to place the current entity tag for the file, or NULL if the entity tag is not needed.

[out][allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the file 's contents were successfully loaded. FALSE if there were errors.


g_file_load_contents_async ()

void
g_file_load_contents_async (GFile *file,
                            GCancellable *cancellable,
                            GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                            gpointer user_data);

Starts an asynchronous load of the file 's contents.

For more details, see g_file_load_contents() which is the synchronous version of this call.

When the load operation has completed, callback will be called with user data. To finish the operation, call g_file_load_contents_finish() with the GAsyncResult returned by the callback .

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore

 

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied

 

user_data

the data to pass to callback function

 

g_file_load_contents_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_load_contents_finish (GFile *file,
                             GAsyncResult *res,
                             char **contents,
                             gsize *length,
                             char **etag_out,
                             GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous load of the file 's contents. The contents are placed in contents , and length is set to the size of the contents string. The content should be freed with g_free() when no longer needed. If etag_out is present, it will be set to the new entity tag for the file .

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

res

a GAsyncResult

 

contents

a location to place the contents of the file.

[out][transfer full][element-type guint8][array length=length]

length

a location to place the length of the contents of the file, or NULL if the length is not needed.

[out][allow-none]

etag_out

a location to place the current entity tag for the file, or NULL if the entity tag is not needed.

[out][allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the load was successful. If FALSE and error is present, it will be set appropriately.


g_file_load_partial_contents_async ()

void
g_file_load_partial_contents_async (GFile *file,
                                    GCancellable *cancellable,
                                    GFileReadMoreCallback read_more_callback,
                                    GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                    gpointer user_data);

Reads the partial contents of a file. A GFileReadMoreCallback should be used to stop reading from the file when appropriate, else this function will behave exactly as g_file_load_contents_async(). This operation can be finished by g_file_load_partial_contents_finish().

Users of this function should be aware that user_data is passed to both the read_more_callback and the callback .

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

[skip]

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore

 

read_more_callback

a GFileReadMoreCallback to receive partial data and to specify whether further data should be read

 

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied

 

user_data

the data to pass to the callback functions

 

g_file_load_partial_contents_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_load_partial_contents_finish (GFile *file,
                                     GAsyncResult *res,
                                     char **contents,
                                     gsize *length,
                                     char **etag_out,
                                     GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous partial load operation that was started with g_file_load_partial_contents_async(). The data is always zero-terminated, but this is not included in the resultant length . The returned content should be freed with g_free() when no longer needed.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

res

a GAsyncResult

 

contents

a location to place the contents of the file.

[out][transfer full][element-type guint8][array length=length]

length

a location to place the length of the contents of the file, or NULL if the length is not needed.

[out][allow-none]

etag_out

a location to place the current entity tag for the file, or NULL if the entity tag is not needed.

[out][allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if the load was successful. If FALSE and error is present, it will be set appropriately.


g_file_replace_contents ()

gboolean
g_file_replace_contents (GFile *file,
                         const char *contents,
                         gsize length,
                         const char *etag,
                         gboolean make_backup,
                         GFileCreateFlags flags,
                         char **new_etag,
                         GCancellable *cancellable,
                         GError **error);

Replaces the contents of file with contents of length bytes.

If etag is specified (not NULL), any existing file must have that etag, or the error G_IO_ERROR_WRONG_ETAG will be returned.

If make_backup is TRUE, this function will attempt to make a backup of file . Internally, it uses g_file_replace(), so will try to replace the file contents in the safest way possible. For example, atomic renames are used when replacing local files’ contents.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

The returned new_etag can be used to verify that the file hasn't changed the next time it is saved over.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

contents

a string containing the new contents for file .

[element-type guint8][array length=length]

length

the length of contents in bytes

 

etag

the old entity-tag for the document, or NULL.

[allow-none]

make_backup

TRUE if a backup should be created

 

flags

a set of GFileCreateFlags

 

new_etag

a location to a new entity tag for the document. This should be freed with g_free() when no longer needed, or NULL.

[allow-none][out]

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE if successful. If an error has occurred, this function will return FALSE and set error appropriately if present.


g_file_replace_contents_async ()

void
g_file_replace_contents_async (GFile *file,
                               const char *contents,
                               gsize length,
                               const char *etag,
                               gboolean make_backup,
                               GFileCreateFlags flags,
                               GCancellable *cancellable,
                               GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                               gpointer user_data);

Starts an asynchronous replacement of file with the given contents of length bytes. etag will replace the document's current entity tag.

When this operation has completed, callback will be called with user_user data, and the operation can be finalized with g_file_replace_contents_finish().

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

If make_backup is TRUE, this function will attempt to make a backup of file .

Note that no copy of content will be made, so it must stay valid until callback is called. See g_file_replace_contents_bytes_async() for a GBytes version that will automatically hold a reference to the contents (without copying) for the duration of the call.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

contents

string of contents to replace the file with.

[element-type guint8][array length=length]

length

the length of contents in bytes

 

etag

a new entity tag for the file , or NULL.

[allow-none]

make_backup

TRUE if a backup should be created

 

flags

a set of GFileCreateFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore

 

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied

 

user_data

the data to pass to callback function

 

g_file_replace_contents_bytes_async ()

void
g_file_replace_contents_bytes_async (GFile *file,
                                     GBytes *contents,
                                     const char *etag,
                                     gboolean make_backup,
                                     GFileCreateFlags flags,
                                     GCancellable *cancellable,
                                     GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                     gpointer user_data);

Same as g_file_replace_contents_async() but takes a GBytes input instead. This function will keep a ref on contents until the operation is done. Unlike g_file_replace_contents_async() this allows forgetting about the content without waiting for the callback.

When this operation has completed, callback will be called with user_user data, and the operation can be finalized with g_file_replace_contents_finish().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

contents

a GBytes

 

etag

a new entity tag for the file , or NULL.

[allow-none]

make_backup

TRUE if a backup should be created

 

flags

a set of GFileCreateFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore

 

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied

 

user_data

the data to pass to callback function

 

Since: 2.40


g_file_replace_contents_finish ()

gboolean
g_file_replace_contents_finish (GFile *file,
                                GAsyncResult *res,
                                char **new_etag,
                                GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous replace of the given file . See g_file_replace_contents_async(). Sets new_etag to the new entity tag for the document, if present.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

res

a GAsyncResult

 

new_etag

a location of a new entity tag for the document. This should be freed with g_free() when it is no longer needed, or NULL.

[out][allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

TRUE on success, FALSE on failure.


g_file_copy_attributes ()

gboolean
g_file_copy_attributes (GFile *source,
                        GFile *destination,
                        GFileCopyFlags flags,
                        GCancellable *cancellable,
                        GError **error);

Copies the file attributes from source to destination .

Normally only a subset of the file attributes are copied, those that are copies in a normal file copy operation (which for instance does not include e.g. owner). However if G_FILE_COPY_ALL_METADATA is specified in flags , then all the metadata that is possible to copy is copied. This is useful when implementing move by copy + delete source.

Parameters

source

a GFile with attributes

 

destination

a GFile to copy attributes to

 

flags

a set of GFileCopyFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, NULL to ignore

 

Returns

TRUE if the attributes were copied successfully, FALSE otherwise.


g_file_create_readwrite ()

GFileIOStream *
g_file_create_readwrite (GFile *file,
                         GFileCreateFlags flags,
                         GCancellable *cancellable,
                         GError **error);

Creates a new file and returns a stream for reading and writing to it. The file must not already exist.

By default files created are generally readable by everyone, but if you pass G_FILE_CREATE_PRIVATE in flags the file will be made readable only to the current user, to the level that is supported on the target filesystem.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

If a file or directory with this name already exists, the G_IO_ERROR_EXISTS error will be returned. Some file systems don't allow all file names, and may return an G_IO_ERROR_INVALID_FILENAME error, and if the name is too long, G_IO_ERROR_FILENAME_TOO_LONG will be returned. Other errors are possible too, and depend on what kind of filesystem the file is on.

Note that in many non-local file cases read and write streams are not supported, so make sure you really need to do read and write streaming, rather than just opening for reading or writing.

Parameters

file

a GFile

 

flags

a set of GFileCreateFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

return location for a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFileIOStream for the newly created file, or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]

Since: 2.22


g_file_create_readwrite_async ()

void
g_file_create_readwrite_async (GFile *file,
                               GFileCreateFlags flags,
                               int io_priority,
                               GCancellable *cancellable,
                               GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                               gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously creates a new file and returns a stream for reading and writing to it. The file must not already exist.

For more details, see g_file_create_readwrite() which is the synchronous version of this call.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_create_readwrite_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

flags

a set of GFileCreateFlags

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.

[scope async]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

Since: 2.22


g_file_create_readwrite_finish ()

GFileIOStream *
g_file_create_readwrite_finish (GFile *file,
                                GAsyncResult *res,
                                GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous file create operation started with g_file_create_readwrite_async().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

res

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFileIOStream or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]

Since: 2.22


g_file_open_readwrite ()

GFileIOStream *
g_file_open_readwrite (GFile *file,
                       GCancellable *cancellable,
                       GError **error);

Opens an existing file for reading and writing. The result is a GFileIOStream that can be used to read and write the contents of the file.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

If the file does not exist, the G_IO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND error will be returned. If the file is a directory, the G_IO_ERROR_IS_DIRECTORY error will be returned. Other errors are possible too, and depend on what kind of filesystem the file is on. Note that in many non-local file cases read and write streams are not supported, so make sure you really need to do read and write streaming, rather than just opening for reading or writing.

Parameters

file

GFile to open

 

cancellable

a GCancellable.

[allow-none]

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

GFileIOStream or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]

Since: 2.22


g_file_open_readwrite_async ()

void
g_file_open_readwrite_async (GFile *file,
                             int io_priority,
                             GCancellable *cancellable,
                             GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                             gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously opens file for reading and writing.

For more details, see g_file_open_readwrite() which is the synchronous version of this call.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_open_readwrite_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.

[scope async]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

Since: 2.22


g_file_open_readwrite_finish ()

GFileIOStream *
g_file_open_readwrite_finish (GFile *file,
                              GAsyncResult *res,
                              GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous file read operation started with g_file_open_readwrite_async().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

res

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFileIOStream or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]

Since: 2.22


g_file_replace_readwrite ()

GFileIOStream *
g_file_replace_readwrite (GFile *file,
                          const char *etag,
                          gboolean make_backup,
                          GFileCreateFlags flags,
                          GCancellable *cancellable,
                          GError **error);

Returns an output stream for overwriting the file in readwrite mode, possibly creating a backup copy of the file first. If the file doesn't exist, it will be created.

For details about the behaviour, see g_file_replace() which does the same thing but returns an output stream only.

Note that in many non-local file cases read and write streams are not supported, so make sure you really need to do read and write streaming, rather than just opening for reading or writing.

Parameters

file

a GFile

 

etag

an optional entity tag for the current GFile, or NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

make_backup

TRUE if a backup should be created

 

flags

a set of GFileCreateFlags

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

error

return location for a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFileIOStream or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]

Since: 2.22


g_file_replace_readwrite_async ()

void
g_file_replace_readwrite_async (GFile *file,
                                const char *etag,
                                gboolean make_backup,
                                GFileCreateFlags flags,
                                int io_priority,
                                GCancellable *cancellable,
                                GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously overwrites the file in read-write mode, replacing the contents, possibly creating a backup copy of the file first.

For more details, see g_file_replace_readwrite() which is the synchronous version of this call.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call g_file_replace_readwrite_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

etag

an entity tag for the current GFile, or NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

make_backup

TRUE if a backup should be created

 

flags

a set of GFileCreateFlags

 

io_priority

the I/O priority of the request

 

cancellable

optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.

[allow-none]

callback

a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.

[scope async]

user_data

the data to pass to callback function.

[closure]

Since: 2.22


g_file_replace_readwrite_finish ()

GFileIOStream *
g_file_replace_readwrite_finish (GFile *file,
                                 GAsyncResult *res,
                                 GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous file replace operation started with g_file_replace_readwrite_async().

Parameters

file

input GFile

 

res

a GAsyncResult

 

error

a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

a GFileIOStream, or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

[transfer full]

Since: 2.22


g_file_supports_thread_contexts ()

gboolean
g_file_supports_thread_contexts (GFile *file);

Checks if file supports thread-default contexts. If this returns FALSE, you cannot perform asynchronous operations on file in a thread that has a thread-default context.

Parameters

file

a GFile

 

Returns

Whether or not file supports thread-default contexts.

Since: 2.22

Types and Values

GFile

typedef struct _GFile GFile;

A handle to an object implementing the GFileIface interface. Generally stores a location within the file system. Handles do not necessarily represent files or directories that currently exist.


struct GFileIface

struct GFileIface {
  GTypeInterface g_iface;

  /* Virtual Table */

  GFile *             (* dup)                         (GFile         *file);
  guint               (* hash)                        (GFile         *file);
  gboolean            (* equal)                       (GFile         *file1,
                                                       GFile         *file2);
  gboolean            (* is_native)                   (GFile         *file);
  gboolean            (* has_uri_scheme)              (GFile         *file,
                                                       const char    *uri_scheme);
  char *              (* get_uri_scheme)              (GFile         *file);
  char *              (* get_basename)                (GFile         *file);
  char *              (* get_path)                    (GFile         *file);
  char *              (* get_uri)                     (GFile         *file);
  char *              (* get_parse_name)              (GFile         *file);
  GFile *             (* get_parent)                  (GFile         *file);
  gboolean            (* prefix_matches)              (GFile         *prefix,
                                                       GFile         *file);
  char *              (* get_relative_path)           (GFile         *parent,
                                                       GFile         *descendant);
  GFile *             (* resolve_relative_path)       (GFile        *file,
                                                       const char   *relative_path);
  GFile *             (* get_child_for_display_name)  (GFile        *file,
                                                       const char   *display_name,
                                                       GError      **error);

  GFileEnumerator *   (* enumerate_children)          (GFile                *file,
                                                       const char           *attributes,
                                                       GFileQueryInfoFlags   flags,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* enumerate_children_async)    (GFile                *file,
                                                       const char           *attributes,
                                                       GFileQueryInfoFlags   flags,
                                                       int                   io_priority,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  GFileEnumerator *   (* enumerate_children_finish)   (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *res,
                                                       GError              **error);

  GFileInfo *         (* query_info)                  (GFile                *file,
                                                       const char           *attributes,
                                                       GFileQueryInfoFlags   flags,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* query_info_async)            (GFile                *file,
                                                       const char           *attributes,
                                                       GFileQueryInfoFlags   flags,
                                                       int                   io_priority,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  GFileInfo *         (* query_info_finish)           (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *res,
                                                       GError              **error);

  GFileInfo *         (* query_filesystem_info)       (GFile                *file,
                                                       const char           *attributes,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* query_filesystem_info_async) (GFile                *file,
                                                       const char           *attributes,
                                                       int                   io_priority,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  GFileInfo *         (* query_filesystem_info_finish)(GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *res,
                                                       GError              **error);

  GMount *            (* find_enclosing_mount)        (GFile                *file,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* find_enclosing_mount_async)  (GFile                *file,
                                                       int                   io_priority,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  GMount *            (* find_enclosing_mount_finish) (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *res,
                                                       GError              **error);

  GFile *             (* set_display_name)            (GFile                *file,
                                                       const char           *display_name,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* set_display_name_async)      (GFile                *file,
                                                       const char           *display_name,
                                                       int                   io_priority,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  GFile *             (* set_display_name_finish)     (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *res,
                                                       GError              **error);

  GFileAttributeInfoList * (* query_settable_attributes)    (GFile          *file,
                                                             GCancellable   *cancellable,
                                                             GError        **error);
  void                (* _query_settable_attributes_async)  (void);
  void                (* _query_settable_attributes_finish) (void);

  GFileAttributeInfoList * (* query_writable_namespaces)    (GFile          *file,
                                                             GCancellable   *cancellable,
                                                             GError        **error);
  void                (* _query_writable_namespaces_async)  (void);
  void                (* _query_writable_namespaces_finish) (void);

  gboolean            (* set_attribute)               (GFile                *file,
                                                       const char           *attribute,
                                                       GFileAttributeType    type,
                                                       gpointer              value_p,
                                                       GFileQueryInfoFlags   flags,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  gboolean            (* set_attributes_from_info)    (GFile                *file,
                                                       GFileInfo            *info,
                                                       GFileQueryInfoFlags   flags,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* set_attributes_async)        (GFile                *file,
                                                       GFileInfo            *info,
                                                       GFileQueryInfoFlags   flags,
                                                       int                   io_priority,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  gboolean            (* set_attributes_finish)       (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *result,
                                                       GFileInfo           **info,
                                                       GError              **error);

  GFileInputStream *  (* read_fn)                     (GFile                *file,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* read_async)                  (GFile                *file,
                                                       int                   io_priority,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  GFileInputStream *  (* read_finish)                 (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *res,
                                                       GError              **error);

  GFileOutputStream * (* append_to)                   (GFile                *file,
                                                       GFileCreateFlags      flags,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* append_to_async)             (GFile                *file,
                                                       GFileCreateFlags      flags,
                                                       int                   io_priority,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  GFileOutputStream * (* append_to_finish)            (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *res,
                                                       GError              **error);

  GFileOutputStream * (* create)                      (GFile                *file,
                                                       GFileCreateFlags      flags,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* create_async)                (GFile                *file,
                                                       GFileCreateFlags      flags,
                                                       int                   io_priority,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  GFileOutputStream * (* create_finish)               (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *res,
                                                       GError              **error);

  GFileOutputStream * (* replace)                     (GFile                *file,
                                                       const char           *etag,
                                                       gboolean              make_backup,
                                                       GFileCreateFlags      flags,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* replace_async)               (GFile                *file,
                                                       const char           *etag,
                                                       gboolean              make_backup,
                                                       GFileCreateFlags      flags,
                                                       int                   io_priority,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  GFileOutputStream * (* replace_finish)              (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *res,
                                                       GError              **error);

  gboolean            (* delete_file)                 (GFile                *file,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* delete_file_async)           (GFile                *file,
						       int                   io_priority,
						       GCancellable         *cancellable,
						       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
						       gpointer              user_data);
  gboolean            (* delete_file_finish)          (GFile                *file,
						       GAsyncResult         *result,
						       GError              **error);

  gboolean            (* trash)                       (GFile                *file,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* trash_async)                 (GFile                *file,
						       int                   io_priority,
						       GCancellable         *cancellable,
						       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
						       gpointer              user_data);
  gboolean            (* trash_finish)                (GFile                *file,
						       GAsyncResult         *result,
						       GError              **error);

  gboolean            (* make_directory)              (GFile                *file,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* make_directory_async)        (GFile                *file,
                                                       int                   io_priority,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  gboolean            (* make_directory_finish)       (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *result,
                                                       GError              **error);

  gboolean            (* make_symbolic_link)          (GFile                *file,
                                                       const char           *symlink_value,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* _make_symbolic_link_async)   (void);
  void                (* _make_symbolic_link_finish)  (void);

  gboolean            (* copy)                        (GFile                *source,
                                                       GFile                *destination,
                                                       GFileCopyFlags        flags,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GFileProgressCallback progress_callback,
                                                       gpointer              progress_callback_data,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* copy_async)                  (GFile                *source,
                                                       GFile                *destination,
                                                       GFileCopyFlags        flags,
                                                       int                   io_priority,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GFileProgressCallback progress_callback,
                                                       gpointer              progress_callback_data,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  gboolean            (* copy_finish)                 (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *res,
                                                       GError              **error);

  gboolean            (* move)                        (GFile                *source,
                                                       GFile                *destination,
                                                       GFileCopyFlags        flags,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GFileProgressCallback progress_callback,
                                                       gpointer              progress_callback_data,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* _move_async)                 (void);
  void                (* _move_finish)                (void);

  void                (* mount_mountable)             (GFile                *file,
                                                       GMountMountFlags      flags,
                                                       GMountOperation      *mount_operation,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  GFile *             (* mount_mountable_finish)      (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *result,
                                                       GError              **error);

  void                (* unmount_mountable)           (GFile                *file,
                                                       GMountUnmountFlags    flags,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  gboolean            (* unmount_mountable_finish)    (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *result,
                                                       GError              **error);

  void                (* eject_mountable)             (GFile                *file,
                                                       GMountUnmountFlags    flags,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  gboolean            (* eject_mountable_finish)      (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *result,
                                                       GError              **error);

  void                (* mount_enclosing_volume)      (GFile                *location,
                                                       GMountMountFlags      flags,
                                                       GMountOperation      *mount_operation,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  gboolean         (* mount_enclosing_volume_finish)  (GFile                *location,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *result,
                                                       GError              **error);

  GFileMonitor *      (* monitor_dir)                 (GFile                *file,
                                                       GFileMonitorFlags     flags,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  GFileMonitor *      (* monitor_file)                (GFile                *file,
                                                       GFileMonitorFlags     flags,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);

  GFileIOStream *     (* open_readwrite)              (GFile                *file,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* open_readwrite_async)        (GFile                *file,
                                                       int                   io_priority,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  GFileIOStream *     (* open_readwrite_finish)       (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *res,
                                                       GError              **error);
  GFileIOStream *     (* create_readwrite)            (GFile                *file,
						       GFileCreateFlags      flags,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* create_readwrite_async)      (GFile                *file,
						       GFileCreateFlags      flags,
                                                       int                   io_priority,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  GFileIOStream *     (* create_readwrite_finish)      (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *res,
                                                       GError              **error);
  GFileIOStream *     (* replace_readwrite)           (GFile                *file,
                                                       const char           *etag,
                                                       gboolean              make_backup,
                                                       GFileCreateFlags      flags,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GError              **error);
  void                (* replace_readwrite_async)     (GFile                *file,
                                                       const char           *etag,
                                                       gboolean              make_backup,
                                                       GFileCreateFlags      flags,
                                                       int                   io_priority,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  GFileIOStream *     (* replace_readwrite_finish)    (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *res,
                                                       GError              **error);

  void                (* start_mountable)             (GFile                *file,
                                                       GDriveStartFlags      flags,
                                                       GMountOperation      *start_operation,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  gboolean            (* start_mountable_finish)      (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *result,
                                                       GError              **error);

  void                (* stop_mountable)              (GFile                *file,
                                                       GMountUnmountFlags    flags,
                                                       GMountOperation      *mount_operation,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  gboolean            (* stop_mountable_finish)       (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *result,
                                                       GError              **error);

  gboolean            supports_thread_contexts;

  void                (* unmount_mountable_with_operation) (GFile           *file,
                                                       GMountUnmountFlags    flags,
                                                       GMountOperation      *mount_operation,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  gboolean            (* unmount_mountable_with_operation_finish) (GFile    *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *result,
                                                       GError              **error);

  void                (* eject_mountable_with_operation) (GFile             *file,
                                                       GMountUnmountFlags    flags,
                                                       GMountOperation      *mount_operation,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  gboolean            (* eject_mountable_with_operation_finish) (GFile      *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *result,
                                                       GError              **error);

  void                (* poll_mountable)              (GFile                *file,
                                                       GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                       gpointer              user_data);
  gboolean            (* poll_mountable_finish)       (GFile                *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult         *result,
                                                       GError              **error);

  gboolean            (* measure_disk_usage)          (GFile                         *file,
                                                       GFileMeasureFlags              flags,
                                                       GCancellable                  *cancellable,
                                                       GFileMeasureProgressCallback   progress_callback,
                                                       gpointer                       progress_data,
                                                       guint64                       *disk_usage,
                                                       guint64                       *num_dirs,
                                                       guint64                       *num_files,
                                                       GError                       **error);
  void                (* measure_disk_usage_async)    (GFile                         *file,
                                                       GFileMeasureFlags              flags,
                                                       gint                           io_priority,
                                                       GCancellable                  *cancellable,
                                                       GFileMeasureProgressCallback   progress_callback,
                                                       gpointer                       progress_data,
                                                       GAsyncReadyCallback            callback,
                                                       gpointer                       user_data);
  gboolean            (* measure_disk_usage_finish)   (GFile                         *file,
                                                       GAsyncResult                  *result,
                                                       guint64                       *disk_usage,
                                                       guint64                       *num_dirs,
                                                       guint64                       *num_files,
                                                       GError                       **error);
};

An interface for writing VFS file handles.

Members

dup ()

Duplicates a GFile.

 

hash ()

Creates a hash of a GFile.

 

equal ()

Checks equality of two given GFiles.

 

is_native ()

Checks to see if a file is native to the system.

 

has_uri_scheme ()

Checks to see if a GFile has a given URI scheme.

 

get_uri_scheme ()

Gets the URI scheme for a GFile.

 

get_basename ()

Gets the basename for a given GFile.

 

get_path ()

Gets the current path within a GFile.

 

get_uri ()

Gets a URI for the path within a GFile.

 

get_parse_name ()

Gets the parsed name for the GFile.

 

get_parent ()

Gets the parent directory for the GFile.

 

prefix_matches ()

Checks whether a GFile contains a specified file.

 

get_relative_path ()

Gets the path for a GFile relative to a given path.

 

resolve_relative_path ()

Resolves a relative path for a GFile to an absolute path.

 

get_child_for_display_name ()

Gets the child GFile for a given display name.

 

enumerate_children ()

Gets a GFileEnumerator with the children of a GFile.

 

enumerate_children_async ()

Asynchronously gets a GFileEnumerator with the children of a GFile.

 

enumerate_children_finish ()

Finishes asynchronously enumerating the children.

 

query_info ()

Gets the GFileInfo for a GFile.

 

query_info_async ()

Asynchronously gets the GFileInfo for a GFile.

 

query_info_finish ()

Finishes an asynchronous query info operation.

 

query_filesystem_info ()

Gets a GFileInfo for the file system GFile is on.

 

query_filesystem_info_async ()

Asynchronously gets a GFileInfo for the file system GFile is on.

 

query_filesystem_info_finish ()

Finishes asynchronously getting the file system info.

 

find_enclosing_mount ()

Gets a GMount for the GFile.

 

find_enclosing_mount_async ()

Asynchronously gets the GMount for a GFile.

 

find_enclosing_mount_finish ()

Finishes asynchronously getting the volume.

 

set_display_name ()

Sets the display name for a GFile.

 

set_display_name_async ()

Asynchronously sets a GFile's display name.

 

set_display_name_finish ()

Finishes asynchronously setting a GFile's display name.

 

query_settable_attributes ()

Returns a list of GFileAttributes that can be set.

 

_query_settable_attributes_async ()

Asynchronously gets a list of GFileAttributes that can be set.

 

_query_settable_attributes_finish ()

Finishes asynchronously querying settable attributes.

 

query_writable_namespaces ()

Returns a list of GFileAttribute namespaces that are writable.

 

_query_writable_namespaces_async ()

Asynchronously gets a list of GFileAttribute namespaces that are writable.

 

_query_writable_namespaces_finish ()

Finishes asynchronously querying the writable namespaces.

 

set_attribute ()

Sets a GFileAttribute.

 

set_attributes_from_info ()

Sets a GFileAttribute with information from a GFileInfo.

 

set_attributes_async ()

Asynchronously sets a file's attributes.

 

set_attributes_finish ()

Finishes setting a file's attributes asynchronously.

 

read_fn ()

Reads a file asynchronously.

 

read_async ()

Asynchronously reads a file.

 

read_finish ()

Finishes asynchronously reading a file.

 

append_to ()

Writes to the end of a file.

 

append_to_async ()

Asynchronously writes to the end of a file.

 

append_to_finish ()

Finishes an asynchronous file append operation.

 

create ()

Creates a new file.

 

create_async ()

Asynchronously creates a file.

 

create_finish ()

Finishes asynchronously creating a file.

 

replace ()

Replaces the contents of a file.

 

replace_async ()

Asynchronously replaces the contents of a file.

 

replace_finish ()

Finishes asynchronously replacing a file.

 

delete_file ()

Deletes a file.

 

delete_file_async ()

Asynchronously deletes a file.

 

delete_file_finish ()

Finishes an asynchronous delete.

 

trash ()

Sends a GFile to the Trash location.

 

trash_async ()

Asynchronously sends a GFile to the Trash location.

 

trash_finish ()

Finishes an asynchronous file trashing operation.

 

make_directory ()

Makes a directory.

 

make_directory_async ()

Asynchronously makes a directory.

 

make_directory_finish ()

Finishes making a directory asynchronously.

 

make_symbolic_link ()

Makes a symbolic link.

 

_make_symbolic_link_async ()

Asynchronously makes a symbolic link

 

_make_symbolic_link_finish ()

Finishes making a symbolic link asynchronously.

 

copy ()

Copies a file.

 

copy_async ()

Asynchronously copies a file.

 

copy_finish ()

Finishes an asynchronous copy operation.

 

move ()

Moves a file.

 

_move_async ()

Asynchronously moves a file.

 

_move_finish ()

Finishes an asynchronous move operation.

 

mount_mountable ()

Mounts a mountable object.

 

mount_mountable_finish ()

Finishes a mounting operation.

 

unmount_mountable ()

Unmounts a mountable object.

 

unmount_mountable_finish ()

Finishes an unmount operation.

 

eject_mountable ()

Ejects a mountable.

 

eject_mountable_finish ()

Finishes an eject operation.

 

mount_enclosing_volume ()

Mounts a specified location.

 

mount_enclosing_volume_finish ()

Finishes mounting a specified location.

 

monitor_dir ()

Creates a GFileMonitor for the location.

 

monitor_file ()

Creates a GFileMonitor for the location.

 

open_readwrite ()

Open file read/write. Since 2.22.

 

open_readwrite_async ()

Asynchronously opens file read/write. Since 2.22.

 

open_readwrite_finish ()

Finishes an asynchronous open read/write. Since 2.22.

 

create_readwrite ()

Creates file read/write. Since 2.22.

 

create_readwrite_async ()

Asynchronously creates file read/write. Since 2.22.

 

create_readwrite_finish ()

Finishes an asynchronous creates read/write. Since 2.22.

 

replace_readwrite ()

Replaces file read/write. Since 2.22.

 

replace_readwrite_async ()

Asynchronously replaces file read/write. Since 2.22.

 

replace_readwrite_finish ()

Finishes an asynchronous replace read/write. Since 2.22.

 

start_mountable ()

Starts a mountable object. Since 2.22.

 

start_mountable_finish ()

Finishes an start operation. Since 2.22.

 

stop_mountable ()

Stops a mountable. Since 2.22.

 

stop_mountable_finish ()

Finishes an stop operation. Since 2.22.

 

gboolean supports_thread_contexts;

a boolean that indicates whether the GFile implementation supports thread-default contexts. Since 2.22.

 

unmount_mountable_with_operation ()

Unmounts a mountable object using a GMountOperation. Since 2.22.

 

unmount_mountable_with_operation_finish ()

Finishes an unmount operation using a GMountOperation. Since 2.22.

 

eject_mountable_with_operation ()

Ejects a mountable object using a GMountOperation. Since 2.22.

 

eject_mountable_with_operation_finish ()

Finishes an eject operation using a GMountOperation. Since 2.22.

 

poll_mountable ()

Polls a mountable object for media changes. Since 2.22.

 

poll_mountable_finish ()

Finishes an poll operation for media changes. Since 2.22.

 

measure_disk_usage ()

Recursively measures the disk usage of file . Since 2.38

 

measure_disk_usage_async ()

Asynchronously recursively measures the disk usage of file . Since 2.38

 

measure_disk_usage_finish ()

Finishes an asynchronous recursive measurement of the disk usage of file . Since 2.38

 

enum GFileQueryInfoFlags

Flags used when querying a GFileInfo.

Members

G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE

No flags set.

 

G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS

Don't follow symlinks.

 

enum GFileCreateFlags

Flags used when an operation may create a file.

Members

G_FILE_CREATE_NONE

No flags set.

 

G_FILE_CREATE_PRIVATE

Create a file that can only be accessed by the current user.

 

G_FILE_CREATE_REPLACE_DESTINATION

Replace the destination as if it didn't exist before. Don't try to keep any old permissions, replace instead of following links. This is generally useful if you're doing a "copy over" rather than a "save new version of" replace operation. You can think of it as "unlink destination" before writing to it, although the implementation may not be exactly like that. Since 2.20

 

enum GFileCopyFlags

Flags used when copying or moving files.

Members

G_FILE_COPY_NONE

No flags set.

 

G_FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE

Overwrite any existing files

 

G_FILE_COPY_BACKUP

Make a backup of any existing files.

 

G_FILE_COPY_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS

Don't follow symlinks.

 

G_FILE_COPY_ALL_METADATA

Copy all file metadata instead of just default set used for copy (see GFileInfo).

 

G_FILE_COPY_NO_FALLBACK_FOR_MOVE

Don't use copy and delete fallback if native move not supported.

 

G_FILE_COPY_TARGET_DEFAULT_PERMS

Leaves target file with default perms, instead of setting the source file perms.

 

enum GFileMonitorFlags

Flags used to set what a GFileMonitor will watch for.

Members

G_FILE_MONITOR_NONE

No flags set.

 

G_FILE_MONITOR_WATCH_MOUNTS

Watch for mount events.

 

G_FILE_MONITOR_SEND_MOVED

Pair DELETED and CREATED events caused by file renames (moves) and send a single G_FILE_MONITOR_EVENT_MOVED event instead (NB: not supported on all backends; the default behaviour -without specifying this flag- is to send single DELETED and CREATED events). Deprecated since 2.44: use G_FILE_MONITOR_WATCH_MOVES instead.

 

G_FILE_MONITOR_WATCH_HARD_LINKS

Watch for changes to the file made via another hard link. Since 2.36.

 

G_FILE_MONITOR_WATCH_MOVES

Watch for rename operations on a monitored directory. This causes G_FILE_MONITOR_EVENT_RENAMED, G_FILE_MONITOR_EVENT_MOVED_IN and G_FILE_MONITOR_EVENT_MOVED_OUT events to be emitted when possible. Since: 2.44.

 

enum GFileMeasureFlags

Flags that can be used with g_file_measure_disk_usage().

Members

G_FILE_MEASURE_NONE

No flags set.

 

G_FILE_MEASURE_REPORT_ANY_ERROR

Report any error encountered while traversing the directory tree. Normally errors are only reported for the toplevel file.

 

G_FILE_MEASURE_APPARENT_SIZE

Tally usage based on apparent file sizes. Normally, the block-size is used, if available, as this is a more accurate representation of disk space used. Compare with du --apparent-size.

 

G_FILE_MEASURE_NO_XDEV

Do not cross mount point boundaries. Compare with du -x.

 

Since: 2.38


enum GFilesystemPreviewType

Indicates a hint from the file system whether files should be previewed in a file manager. Returned as the value of the key G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_USE_PREVIEW.

Members

G_FILESYSTEM_PREVIEW_TYPE_IF_ALWAYS

Only preview files if user has explicitly requested it.

 

G_FILESYSTEM_PREVIEW_TYPE_IF_LOCAL

Preview files if user has requested preview of "local" files.

 

G_FILESYSTEM_PREVIEW_TYPE_NEVER

Never preview files.

 

See Also

GFileInfo, GFileEnumerator