Method

GLibMappedFileget_contents

since: 2.8

Declaration [src] 

gchar*
g_mapped_file_get_contents (
  GMappedFile* file
)

Description [src]

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

Return value

Type: gchar*

The contents of file, or NULL.

The returned data is owned by the instance.
The return value can be NULL.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.