GLibMappedFileget_contents

since: 2.8

gchar*
g_mapped_file_get_contents (
  GMappedFile* file
)

Returns the contents of a GMappedFile.

Note that the contents may not be zero-terminated, even if the GMappedFile is backed by a text file.

If the file is empty then NULL is returned.

Available since: 2.8

Type: gchar*

The contents of file, or NULL.

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

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.