Method

GioFilereplace_async

Declaration

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
)

Description

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

`etag`	`const char*`
	An [entity tag][gfile-etag] for the current `GFile`, or `NULL` to ignore.
	The argument can be `NULL`.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
	The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
`make_backup`	`gboolean`
	`TRUE` if a backup should be created.
`flags`	`GFileCreateFlags`
	A set of `GFileCreateFlags`.
`io_priority`	`int`
	The [I/O priority][io-priority] of the request.
`cancellable`	`GCancellable`
	Optional `GCancellable` object, `NULL` to ignore.
	The argument can be `NULL`.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
`callback`	`GAsyncReadyCallback`
	A `GAsyncReadyCallback` to call when the request is satisfied.
	The argument can be `NULL`.
`user_data`	`gpointer`
	The data to pass to callback function.
	The argument can be `NULL`.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.