Method

GioFileset_attribute_byte_string

Declaration

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

Description

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

`attribute`	`const char*`
	A string containing the attribute’s name.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
	The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
`value`	`const char*`
	A string containing the attribute’s new value.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
	The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
`flags`	`GFileQueryInfoFlags`
	A `GFileQueryInfoFlags`.
`cancellable`	`GCancellable`
	Optional `GCancellable` object, `NULL` to ignore.
	The argument can be `NULL`.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
`error`	`GError **`
	The return location for a `GError*`, or `NULL`.

Return value

Returns:	`gboolean`
	`TRUE` if the `attribute` was successfully set to `value` in the `file`, `FALSE` otherwise.