Method

GLibIOChannelset_close_on_unref

Declaration

void
g_io_channel_set_close_on_unref (
  GIOChannel* channel,
  gboolean do_close
)

Description

Whether to close the channel on the final unref of the GIOChannel data structure. The default value of this is TRUE for channels created by g_io_channel_new_file (), and FALSE for all other channels.

Setting this flag to TRUE for a channel you have already closed can cause problems when the final reference to the GIOChannel is dropped.

Parameters

do_close

Type: gboolean

Whether to close the channel on the final unref of the GIOChannel data structure.