Gio

The value returned by handlers of the signals generated by the gdbus-codegen tool to indicate that a method call has been handled by an implementation. It is equal to true, but using this macro is sometimes more readable.

The value returned by handlers of the signals generated by the gdbus-codegen tool to indicate that a method call has not been handled by an implementation. It is equal to false, but using this macro is sometimes more readable.

Extension point for debug control functionality. See extending-gio.

Extension point for default handler to URI association. See extending-gio.

The string used to obtain a Unix device path with g_drive_get_identifier().

A key in the "access" namespace for checking deletion privileges.

A key in the "access" namespace for getting execution privileges.

A key in the "access" namespace for getting read privileges.

A key in the "access" namespace for checking renaming privileges.

A key in the "access" namespace for checking trashing privileges.

A key in the "access" namespace for getting write privileges.

A key in the "dos" namespace for checking if the file's archive flag is set.

A key in the "dos" namespace for checking if the file is a NTFS mount point (a volume mount or a junction point).

A key in the "dos" namespace for checking if the file's backup flag is set.

A key in the "dos" namespace for getting the file NTFS reparse tag.

A key in the "etag" namespace for getting the value of the file's entity tag.

A key in the "filesystem" namespace for getting the number of bytes of free space left on the file system.

A key in the "filesystem" namespace for checking if the file system is read only.

A key in the "filesystem" namespace for checking if the file system is remote.

A key in the "filesystem" namespace for getting the total size (in bytes) of the file system, used in g_file_query_filesystem_info().

A key in the "filesystem" namespace for getting the file system's type.

A key in the "filesystem" namespace for hinting a file manager application whether it should preview (e.g. thumbnail) files on the file system.

A key in the "filesystem" namespace for getting the number of bytes used by data on the file system.

A key in the "gvfs" namespace that gets the name of the current GVFS backend in use.

A key in the "id" namespace for getting a file identifier.

A key in the "id" namespace for getting the file system identifier.

A key in the "mountable" namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) can be ejected.

A key in the "mountable" namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) is mountable.

A key in the "mountable" namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) can be polled.

A key in the "mountable" namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) can be started.

A key in the "mountable" namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) can be started degraded.

A key in the "mountable" namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) can be stopped.

A key in the "mountable" namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) is unmountable.

A key in the "mountable" namespace for getting the HAL UDI for the mountable file.

A key in the "mountable" namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) is automatically polled for media.

A key in the "mountable" namespace for getting the #GDriveStartStopType.

A key in the "mountable" namespace for getting the unix device.

A key in the "mountable" namespace for getting the unix device file.

A key in the "owner" namespace for getting the file owner's group.

A key in the "owner" namespace for getting the user name of the file's owner.

A key in the "owner" namespace for getting the real name of the user that owns the file.

A key in the "preview" namespace for getting a #GIcon that can be used to get preview of the file.

A key in the "recent" namespace for getting time, when the metadata for the file in recent:/// was last changed.

A key in the "selinux" namespace for getting the file's SELinux context.

A key in the "standard" namespace for getting the amount of disk space that is consumed by the file (in bytes).

A key in the "standard" namespace for getting the content type of the file.

A key in the "standard" namespace for getting the copy name of the file.

A key in the "standard" namespace for getting the description of the file.

A key in the "standard" namespace for getting the display name of the file.

A key in the "standard" namespace for edit name of the file.

A key in the "standard" namespace for getting the fast content type.

A key in the "standard" namespace for getting the icon for the file.

A key in the "standard" namespace for checking if a file is a backup file.

A key in the "standard" namespace for checking if a file is hidden.

A key in the "standard" namespace for checking if the file is a symlink. Typically the actual type is something else, if we followed the symlink to get the type.

A key in the "standard" namespace for checking if a file is virtual.

A key in the "standard" namespace for checking if a file is volatile. This is meant for opaque, non-POSIX-like backends to indicate that the URI is not persistent. Applications should look at %G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_SYMLINK_TARGET for the persistent URI.

A key in the "standard" namespace for getting the name of the file.

A key in the "standard" namespace for getting the file's size (in bytes).

A key in the "standard" namespace for setting the sort order of a file.

A key in the "standard" namespace for getting the symbolic icon for the file.

A key in the "standard" namespace for getting the symlink target, if the file is a symlink.

A key in the "standard" namespace for getting the target URI for the file, in the case of %G_FILE_TYPE_SHORTCUT or %G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE files.

A key in the "standard" namespace for storing file types.

A key in the "thumbnail" namespace for checking whether the thumbnail is outdated.

A key in the "thumbnail" namespace for checking whether the large thumbnail is outdated.

A key in the "thumbnail" namespace for checking whether the normal thumbnail is outdated.

A key in the "thumbnail" namespace for checking whether the x-large thumbnail is outdated.

A key in the "thumbnail" namespace for checking whether the xx-large thumbnail is outdated.

A key in the "thumbnail" namespace for getting the path to the thumbnail image with the biggest size available.

A key in the "thumbnail" namespace for getting the path to the large thumbnail image.

A key in the "thumbnail" namespace for getting the path to the normal thumbnail image.

A key in the "thumbnail" namespace for getting the path to the x-large thumbnail image.

A key in the "thumbnail" namespace for getting the path to the xx-large thumbnail image.

A key in the "thumbnail" namespace for checking if thumbnailing failed.

A key in the "thumbnail" namespace for checking if thumbnailing failed for the large image.

A key in the "thumbnail" namespace for checking if thumbnailing failed for the normal image.

A key in the "thumbnail" namespace for checking if thumbnailing failed for the x-large image.

A key in the "thumbnail" namespace for checking if thumbnailing failed for the xx-large image.

A key in the "time" namespace for getting the time the file was last accessed.

A key in the "time" namespace for getting the nanoseconds of the time the file was last accessed. This should be used in conjunction with #G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_ACCESS. Corresponding #GFileAttributeType is %G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT32.

A key in the "time" namespace for getting the microseconds of the time the file was last accessed.

A key in the "time" namespace for getting the time the file was last changed.

A key in the "time" namespace for getting the nanoseconds of the time the file was last changed. This should be used in conjunction with #G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_CHANGED. Corresponding #GFileAttributeType is %G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT32.

A key in the "time" namespace for getting the microseconds of the time the file was last changed.

A key in the "time" namespace for getting the time the file was created.

A key in the "time" namespace for getting the nanoseconds of the time the file was created. This should be used in conjunction with #G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_CREATED. Corresponding #GFileAttributeType is %G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT32.

A key in the "time" namespace for getting the microseconds of the time the file was created.

A key in the "time" namespace for getting the time the file was last modified.

A key in the "time" namespace for getting the nanoseconds of the time the file was last modified. This should be used in conjunction with #G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_MODIFIED. Corresponding #GFileAttributeType is %G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT32.

A key in the "time" namespace for getting the microseconds of the time the file was last modified.

A key in the "trash" namespace for getting the deletion date and time of a file inside the trash:/// folder.

A key in the "trash" namespace for getting the number of (toplevel) items that are present in the trash:/// folder.

A key in the "trash" namespace for getting the original path of a file inside the trash:/// folder before it was trashed.

A key in the "unix" namespace for getting the block size for the file system.

A key in the "unix" namespace for getting the number of blocks allocated for the file.

A key in the "unix" namespace for getting the device id of the device the file is located on (see stat() documentation).

A key in the "unix" namespace for getting the group ID for the file.

A key in the "unix" namespace for getting the inode of the file.

A key in the "unix" namespace for checking if the file represents a UNIX mount point.

A key in the "unix" namespace for getting the mode of the file (e.g. whether the file is a regular file, symlink, etc).

A key in the "unix" namespace for getting the number of hard links for a file.

A key in the "unix" namespace for getting the device ID for the file (if it is a special file).

A key in the "unix" namespace for getting the user ID for the file.

Extension point for memory usage monitoring functionality. See extending-gio.

The menu item attribute which holds the action name of the item. Action names are namespaced with an identifier for the action group in which the action resides. For example, "win." for window-specific actions and "app." for application-wide actions.

The menu item attribute that holds the namespace for all action names in menus that are linked from this item.

The menu item attribute which holds the icon of the item.

The menu item attribute which holds the label of the item.

The menu item attribute which holds the target with which the item's action will be activated.

The maximum number of entries in a menu section supported by g_dbus_connection_export_menu_model().

The name of the link that associates a menu item with a section. The linked menu will usually be shown in place of the menu item, using the item's label as a header.

The name of the link that associates a menu item with a submenu.

Extension point for network status monitoring functionality. See extending-gio.

Extension point for power profile usage monitoring functionality. See extending-gio.

Extension point for proxy functionality. See extending-gio.

Extension point for proxy resolving functionality. See extending-gio.

Extension point for #GSettingsBackend functionality.

Extension point for TLS functionality via #GTlsBackend. See extending-gio.

The purpose used to verify the client certificate in a TLS connection. Used by TLS servers.

The purpose used to verify the server certificate in a TLS connection. This is the most common purpose in use. Used by TLS clients.

Extension point for #GVfs functionality. See extending-gio.

The string used to obtain the volume class with g_volume_get_identifier().

The string used to obtain a Hal UDI with g_volume_get_identifier().

The string used to obtain a filesystem label with g_volume_get_identifier().

The string used to obtain a NFS mount with g_volume_get_identifier().

The string used to obtain a Unix device path with g_volume_get_identifier().

The string used to obtain a UUID with g_volume_get_identifier().

Extension point for volume monitor functionality. See extending-gio.

Checks if @action_name is valid.

Formats a detailed action name from @action_name and @target_value.

Creates a new iface@Gio.AppInfo from the given information.

Gets a list of all of the applications currently registered on this system.

Gets a list of all iface@Gio.AppInfos for a given content type, including the recommended and fallback iface@Gio.AppInfos. See func@Gio.AppInfo.get_recommended_for_type and func@Gio.AppInfo.get_fallback_for_type.

Gets the default iface@Gio.AppInfo for a given content type.

Asynchronously gets the default iface@Gio.AppInfo for a given content type.

Finishes a default iface@Gio.AppInfo lookup started by func@Gio.AppInfo.get_default_for_type_async.

Gets the default application for handling URIs with the given URI scheme.

Asynchronously gets the default application for handling URIs with the given URI scheme. A URI scheme is the initial part of the URI, up to but not including the :, e.g. http, ftp or sip.

Finishes a default iface@Gio.AppInfo lookup started by func@Gio.AppInfo.get_default_for_uri_scheme_async.

Gets a list of fallback iface@Gio.AppInfos for a given content type, i.e. those applications which claim to support the given content type by MIME type subclassing and not directly.

Gets a list of recommended iface@Gio.AppInfos for a given content type, i.e. those applications which claim to support the given content type exactly, and not by MIME type subclassing.

Utility function that launches the default application registered to handle the specified uri. Synchronous I/O is done on the uri to detect the type of the file if required.

Async version of func@Gio.AppInfo.launch_default_for_uri.

Finishes an asynchronous launch-default-for-uri operation.

Removes all changes to the type associations done by method@Gio.AppInfo.set_as_default_for_type, method@Gio.AppInfo.set_as_default_for_extension, method@Gio.AppInfo.add_supports_type or method@Gio.AppInfo.remove_supports_type.

Helper function for constructing #GAsyncInitable object. This is similar to g_object_newv() but also initializes the object asynchronously.

Asynchronously connects to the message bus specified by @bus_type.

Finishes an operation started with g_bus_get().

Synchronously connects to the message bus specified by @bus_type. Note that the returned object may shared with other callers, e.g. if two separate parts of a process calls this function with the same @bus_type, they will share the same object.

Version of g_bus_own_name() using closures instead of callbacks for easier binding in other languages.

Version of g_bus_own_name_on_connection() using closures instead of callbacks for easier binding in other languages.

Stops owning a name.

Stops watching a name.

Version of g_bus_watch_name() using closures instead of callbacks for easier binding in other languages.

Version of g_bus_watch_name_on_connection() using closures instead of callbacks for easier binding in other languages.

Checks if a content type can be executable. Note that for instance things like text files can be executables (i.e. scripts and batch files).

Compares two content types for equality.

Tries to find a content type based on the mime type name.

Gets the human readable description of the content type.

Gets the generic icon name for a content type.

Gets the icon for a content type.

Get the list of directories which MIME data is loaded from. See g_content_type_set_mime_dirs() for details.

Gets the mime type for the content type, if one is registered.

Gets the symbolic icon for a content type.

Tries to guess the type of the tree with root @root, by looking at the files it contains. The result is an array of content types, with the best guess coming first.

Determines if @type is a subset of @supertype.

Determines if @type is a subset of @mime_type. Convenience wrapper around g_content_type_is_a().

Checks if the content type is the generic "unknown" type. On UNIX this is the "application/octet-stream" mimetype, while on win32 it is "*" and on OSX it is a dynamic type or octet-stream.

Set the list of directories used by GIO to load the MIME database. If @dirs is null, the directories used are the default:

Gets a list of strings containing all the registered content types known to the system. The list and its data should be freed using g_list_free_full (list, g_free).

Escape @string so it can appear in a D-Bus address as the value part of a key-value pair.

Synchronously looks up the D-Bus address for the well-known message bus instance specified by @bus_type. This may involve using various platform specific mechanisms.

Asynchronously connects to an endpoint specified by @address and sets up the connection so it is in a state to run the client-side of the D-Bus authentication conversation. @address must be in the D-Bus address format.

Creates a D-Bus error name to use for @error. If @error matches a registered error (cf. g_dbus_error_register_error()), the corresponding D-Bus error name will be returned.

Gets the D-Bus error name used for @error, if any.

Checks if @error represents an error received via D-Bus from a remote peer. If so, use g_dbus_error_get_remote_error() to get the name of the error.

Creates a #GError based on the contents of @dbus_error_name and

Creates an association to map between @dbus_error_name and #GErrors specified by @error_domain and @error_code.

Looks for extra information in the error message used to recover the D-Bus error name and strips it if found. If stripped, the message field in @error will correspond exactly to what was received on the wire.

Destroys an association previously set up with g_dbus_error_register_error().

This is a language binding friendly version of g_dbus_escape_object_path_bytestring().

Generate a D-Bus GUID that can be used with e.g. g_dbus_connection_new().

Converts a #GValue to a #GVariant of the type indicated by the @type parameter.

Converts a #GVariant to a #GValue. If @value is floating, it is consumed.

Checks if @string is a D-Bus address.

Check whether @string is a valid D-Bus error name.

Checks if @string is a D-Bus GUID.

Checks if @string is a valid D-Bus interface name.

Checks if @string is a valid D-Bus member (e.g. signal or method) name.

Checks if @string is a valid D-Bus bus name (either unique or well-known).

Like g_dbus_is_address() but also checks if the library supports the transports in @string and that key/value pairs for each transport are valid. See the specification of the D-Bus address format.

Checks if @string is a valid D-Bus unique bus name.

Creates a new #GDtlsClientConnection wrapping @base_socket which is assumed to communicate with the server identified by @server_identity.

Creates a new #GDtlsServerConnection wrapping @base_socket.

Constructs a #GFile from a vector of elements using the correct separator for filenames.

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.

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

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.

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.

Asynchronously opens a file in the preferred directory for temporary files (as returned by g_get_tmp_dir()) as g_file_new_tmp().

Asynchronously creates a directory in the preferred directory for temporary files (as returned by g_get_tmp_dir()) as g_dir_make_tmp().

Finishes a temporary directory creation started by g_file_new_tmp_dir_async().

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.

Deserializes a #GIcon previously serialized using g_icon_serialize().

Generate a #GIcon instance from @str. This function can fail if

Converts errno.h error codes into GIO error codes.

Converts #GFileError error codes into GIO error codes.

Gets the GIO Error Quark.

Loads all the modules in the specified directory.

Scans all the modules in the specified directory, ensuring that any extension point implemented by a module is registered.

Cancels all cancellable I/O jobs.

Schedules the I/O job to run in another thread.

Creates a keyfile-backed #GSettingsBackend.

Gets a reference to the default #GMemoryMonitor for the system.

Creates a memory-backed #GSettingsBackend.

Gets the default #GNetworkMonitor for the system.

Creates a readonly #GSettingsBackend.

Utility method for #GPollableInputStream and #GPollableOutputStream implementations. Creates a new #GSource that expects a callback of type #GPollableSourceFunc. The new source does not actually do anything on its own; use g_source_add_child_source() to add other sources to it to cause it to trigger.