Class

GioFileInfo

Description

final class Gio.FileInfo : GObject.Object
{
  /* No available fields */
}

Functionality for manipulating basic metadata for files. GFileInfo implements methods for getting information that all files should contain, and allows for manipulation of extended attributes.

See [GFileAttribute][gio-GFileAttribute] for more information on how GIO handles file attributes.

To obtain a GFileInfo for a GFile, use g_file_query_info() (or its async variant). To obtain a GFileInfo for a file input or output stream, use g_file_input_stream_query_info() or g_file_output_stream_query_info() (or their async variants).

To change the actual attributes of a file, you should then set the attribute in the GFileInfo and call g_file_set_attributes_from_info() or g_file_set_attributes_async() on a GFile.

However, not all attributes can be changed in the file. For instance, the actual size of a file cannot be changed via g_file_info_set_size(). You may call g_file_query_settable_attributes() and g_file_query_writable_namespaces() to discover the settable attributes of a particular file at runtime.

The direct accessors, such as g_file_info_get_name(), are slightly more optimized than the generic attribute accessors, such as g_file_info_get_attribute_byte_string().This optimization will matter only if calling the API in a tight loop.

GFileAttributeMatcher allows for searching through a GFileInfo for attributes.

Hierarchy

Ancestors

GObject

Constructors

g_file_info_new

Creates a new file info structure.

Methods inherited from GObject (43)

Please see GObject for a full list of methods.

Signals

Signals inherited from GObject (1)

GObject::notify

The notify signal is emitted on an object when one of its properties has its value set through g_object_set_property(), g_object_set(), et al.

Class structure

struct GioFileInfoClass {
  /* no available fields */
}

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