Method

GioUnixFDMessagesteal_fds

since: 2.22

Declaration

gint*
g_unix_fd_message_steal_fds (
  GUnixFDMessage* message,
  gint* length
)

Description

Returns the array of file descriptors that is contained in this object.

After this call, the descriptors are no longer contained in message. Further calls will return an empty list (unless more descriptors have been added).

The return result of this function must be freed with g_free(). The caller is also responsible for closing all of the file descriptors.

If length is non-NULL then it is set to the number of file descriptors in the returned array. The returned array is also terminated with -1.

This function never returns NULL. In case there are no file descriptors contained in message, an empty array is returned.

Available since: 2.22

Parameters

length

Type: gint*

Pointer to the length of the returned array, or NULL.

The argument will be set by the function.

The argument can be NULL.

Return value

Type: An array of gint

An array of file descriptors.

The length of the array is in the length argument.

The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.