Gio-2.0 (original) (raw)

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Gio is a library providing useful classes for general purpose I/O, networking, IPC, settings, and other high level application functionality

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AppInfoMonitor GAppInfoMonitor monitors application information for changes. since: 2.40
AppLaunchContext Integrating the launch with the launching application. This is used to handle for instance startup notification and launching the new application on the same screen as the launching window.
Application GApplication is the core class for application support. since: 2.28
ApplicationCommandLine GApplicationCommandLine represents a command-line invocation of an application.
BufferedInputStream Buffered input stream implements GFilterInputStream and provides for buffered reads.
BufferedOutputStream Buffered output stream implements GFilterOutputStream and provides for buffered writes.
BytesIcon GBytesIcon specifies an image held in memory in a common format (usuallyPNG) to be used as icon. since: 2.38
Cancellable GCancellable allows operations to be cancelled.
CharsetConverter GCharsetConverter is an implementation of GConverter based onGIConv.
ConverterInputStream Converter input stream implements GInputStream and allows conversion of data of various types during reading.
ConverterOutputStream Converter output stream implements GOutputStream and allows conversion of data of various types during reading.
Credentials The GCredentials type is a reference-counted wrapper for native credentials. since: 2.26
DataInputStream Data input stream implements GInputStream and includes functions for reading structured data directly from a binary input stream.
DataOutputStream Data output stream implements GOutputStream and includes functions for writing data directly to an output stream.
DBusActionGroup GDBusActionGroup is an implementation of the GActionGroupinterface.
DBusAuthObserver GDBusAuthObserver provides a mechanism for participating in how a GDBusServer (or a GDBusConnection) authenticates remote peers. since: 2.26
DBusConnection The GDBusConnection type is used for D-Bus connections to remote peers such as a message buses. since: 2.26
DBusInterfaceSkeleton Abstract base class for D-Bus interfaces on the service side. since: 2.30
DBusMenuModel GDBusMenuModel is an implementation of GMenuModel that can be used as a proxy for a menu model that is exported over D-Bus withg_dbus_connection_export_menu_model().
DBusMessage A type for representing D-Bus messages that can be sent or received on a GDBusConnection. since: 2.26
DBusMethodInvocation Instances of the GDBusMethodInvocation class are used when handling D-Bus method calls. It provides a way to asynchronously return results and errors. since: 2.26
DBusObjectManagerClient GDBusObjectManagerClient is used to create, monitor and delete object proxies for remote objects exported by a GDBusObjectManagerServer(or any code implementing theorg.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager interface). since: 2.30
DBusObjectManagerServer GDBusObjectManagerServer is used to export GDBusObject instances using the standardizedorg.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManagerinterface. For example, remote D-Bus clients can get all objects and properties in a single call. Additionally, any change in the object hierarchy is broadcast using signals. This means that D-Bus clients can keep caches up to date by only listening to D-Bus signals. since: 2.30
DBusObjectProxy A GDBusObjectProxy is an object used to represent a remote object with one or more D-Bus interfaces. Normally, you don’t instantiate a GDBusObjectProxy yourself — typically GDBusObjectManagerClientis used to obtain it. since: 2.30
DBusObjectSkeleton A GDBusObjectSkeleton instance is essentially a group of D-Bus interfaces. The set of exported interfaces on the object may be dynamic and change at runtime. since: 2.30
DBusProxy GDBusProxy is a base class used for proxies to access a D-Bus interface on a remote object. A GDBusProxy can be constructed for both well-known and unique names. since: 2.26
DBusServer GDBusServer is a helper for listening to and accepting D-Bus connections. This can be used to create a new D-Bus server, allowing two peers to use the D-Bus protocol for their own specialized communication. A server instance provided in this way will not perform message routing or implement theorg.freedesktop.DBus interface. since: 2.26
DebugControllerDBus GDebugControllerDBus is an implementation of GDebugControllerwhich exposes debug settings as a D-Bus object. since: 2.72
DesktopAppInfo GDesktopAppInfo is an implementation of GAppInfo based on desktop files.
Emblem GEmblem is an implementation of GIcon that supports having an emblem, which is an icon with additional properties. It can than be added to a GEmblemedIcon.
EmblemedIcon GEmblemedIcon is an implementation of GIcon that supports adding an emblem to an icon. Adding multiple emblems to an icon is ensured via g_emblemed_icon_add_emblem().
FileEnumerator GFileEnumerator allows you to operate on a set of GFile objects, returning a GFileInfo structure for each file enumerated (e.g.g_file_enumerate_children() will return a GFileEnumerator for each of the children within a directory).
FileIcon GFileIcon specifies an icon by pointing to an image file to be used as icon.
FileInfo Stores information about a file system object referenced by a GFile.
FileInputStream GFileInputStream provides input streams that take their content from a file.
FileIOStream GFileIOStream provides I/O streams that both read and write to the same file handle. since: 2.22
FileMonitor Monitors a file or directory for changes.
FilenameCompleter Completes partial file and directory names given a partial string by looking in the file system for clues. Can return a list of possible completion strings for widget implementations.
FileOutputStream GFileOutputStream provides output streams that write their content to a file.
FilterInputStream Base class for input stream implementations that perform some kind of filtering operation on a base stream. Typical examples of filtering operations are character set conversion, compression and byte order flipping.
FilterOutputStream Base class for output stream implementations that perform some kind of filtering operation on a base stream. Typical examples of filtering operations are character set conversion, compression and byte order flipping.
InetAddress GInetAddress represents an IPv4 or IPv6 internet address. Useg_resolver_lookup_by_name() org_resolver_lookup_by_name_async() to look up the GInetAddress for a hostname. Use g_resolver_lookup_by_address() org_resolver_lookup_by_address_async() to look up the hostname for aGInetAddress.
InetAddressMask GInetAddressMask represents a range of IPv4 or IPv6 addresses described by a base address and a length indicating how many bits of the base address are relevant for matching purposes. These are often given in string form. For example, 10.0.0.0/8, or fe80::/10. since: 2.32
InetSocketAddress An IPv4 or IPv6 socket address. That is, the combination of aGInetAddress and a port number.
InputStream GInputStream is a base class for implementing streaming input.
IOModule Provides an interface and default functions for loading and unloading modules. This is used internally to make GIO extensible, but can also be used by others to implement module loading.
IOStream GIOStream represents an object that has both read and write streams. Generally the two streams act as separate input and output streams, but they share some common resources and state. For instance, for seekable streams, both streams may use the same position. since: 2.22
ListStore GListStore is a simple implementation of GListModel that stores all items in memory.
MemoryInputStream GMemoryInputStream is a class for using arbitrary memory chunks as input for GIO streaming input operations.
MemoryOutputStream GMemoryOutputStream is a class for using arbitrary memory chunks as output for GIO streaming output operations.
Menu GMenu is a simple implementation of GMenuModel. You populate a GMenu by adding GMenuItem instances to it. since: 2.32
MenuAttributeIter GMenuAttributeIter is an opaque structure type. You must access it using the functions below. since: 2.32
MenuItem GMenuItem is an opaque structure type. You must access it using the functions below. since: 2.32
MenuLinkIter GMenuLinkIter is an opaque structure type. You must access it using the functions below. since: 2.32
MenuModel GMenuModel represents the contents of a menu — an ordered list of menu items. The items are associated with actions, which can be activated through them. Items can be grouped in sections, and may have submenus associated with them. Both items and sections usually have some representation data, such as labels or icons. The type of the associated action (ie whether it is stateful, and what kind of state it has) can influence the representation of the item. since: 2.32
MountOperation GMountOperation provides a mechanism for interacting with the user. It can be used for authenticating mountable operations, such as loop mounting files, hard drive partitions or server locations. It can also be used to ask the user questions or show a list of applications preventing unmount or eject operations from completing.
NativeSocketAddress A socket address of some unknown native type. since: 2.46
NativeVolumeMonitor
NetworkAddress GNetworkAddress provides an easy way to resolve a hostname and then attempt to connect to that host, handling the possibility of multiple IP addresses and multiple address families.
NetworkService Like GNetworkAddress does with hostnames, GNetworkServiceprovides an easy way to resolve a SRV record, and then attempt to connect to one of the hosts that implements that service, handling service priority/weighting, multiple IP addresses, and multiple address families.
Notification GNotification is a mechanism for creating a notification to be shown to the user — typically as a pop-up notification presented by the desktop environment shell. since: 2.40
OutputStream GOutputStream is a base class for implementing streaming output.
Permission A GPermission represents the status of the caller’s permission to perform a certain action.
PropertyAction A GPropertyAction is a way to get a GAction with a state value reflecting and controlling the value of a GObject property. since: 2.38
ProxyAddress A GInetSocketAddress representing a connection via a proxy server. since: 2.26
ProxyAddressEnumerator GProxyAddressEnumerator is a wrapper aroundGSocketAddressEnumerator which takes the GSocketAddressinstances returned by the GSocketAddressEnumeratorand wraps them in GProxyAddress instances, using the givenGProxyAddressEnumerator:proxy-resolver.
Resolver The object that handles DNS resolution. Use g_resolver_get_default()to get the default resolver.
Settings The GSettings class provides a convenient API for storing and retrieving application settings.
SettingsBackend The GSettingsBackend interface defines a generic interface for non-strictly-typed data that is stored in a hierarchy. To implement an alternative storage backend for GSettings, you need to implement the GSettingsBackend interface and then make it implement the extension point G_SETTINGS_BACKEND_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME.
SimpleAction A GSimpleAction is the obvious simple implementation of theGAction interface. This is the easiest way to create an action for purposes of adding it to a GSimpleActionGroup.
SimpleActionGroup GSimpleActionGroup is a hash table filled with GAction objects, implementing the GActionGroup and GActionMapinterfaces. since: 2.28
SimpleAsyncResult As of GLib 2.46, GSimpleAsyncResult is deprecated in favor ofGTask, which provides a simpler API.
SimpleIOStream GSimpleIOStream creates a GIOStream from an arbitraryGInputStream and GOutputStream. This allows any pair of input and output streams to be used with GIOStream methods. since: 2.44
SimplePermission GSimplePermission is a trivial implementation of GPermissionthat represents a permission that is either always or never allowed. The value is given at construction and doesn’t change.
SimpleProxyResolver GSimpleProxyResolver is a simple GProxyResolver implementation that handles a single default proxy, multiple URI-scheme-specific proxies, and a list of hosts that proxies should not be used for. since: 2.36
Socket A GSocket is a low-level networking primitive. It is a more or less direct mapping of the BSD socket API in a portable GObject based API. It supports both the UNIX socket implementations and winsock2 on Windows. since: 2.22
SocketAddress GSocketAddress is the equivalent ofstruct sockaddr and its subtypes in the BSD socketsAPI. This is an abstract class; use GInetSocketAddress for internet sockets, or GUnixSocketAddress for UNIX domain sockets.
SocketAddressEnumerator GSocketAddressEnumerator is an enumerator type forGSocketAddress instances. It is returned by enumeration functions such as g_socket_connectable_enumerate(), which returns aGSocketAddressEnumerator to list each GSocketAddress which could be used to connect to that GSocketConnectable.
SocketClient GSocketClient is a lightweight high-level utility class for connecting to a network host using a connection oriented socket type. since: 2.22
SocketConnection GSocketConnection is a GIOStream for a connected socket. They can be created either by GSocketClient when connecting to a host, or by GSocketListener when accepting a new client. since: 2.22
SocketControlMessage A GSocketControlMessage is a special-purpose utility message that can be sent to or received from a GSocket. These types of messages are often called ‘ancillary data’. since: 2.22
SocketListener A GSocketListener is an object that keeps track of a set of server sockets and helps you accept sockets from any of the socket, either sync or async. since: 2.22
SocketService A GSocketService is an object that represents a service that is provided to the network or over local sockets. When a new connection is made to the service the GSocketService::incomingsignal is emitted. since: 2.22
Subprocess GSubprocess allows the creation of and interaction with child processes. since: 2.40
SubprocessLauncher This class contains a set of options for launching child processes, such as where its standard input and output will be directed, the argument list, the environment, and more. since: 2.40
Task A GTask represents and manages a cancellable ‘task’.
TcpConnection This is the subclass of GSocketConnection that is created for TCP/IP sockets. since: 2.22
TcpWrapperConnection A GTcpWrapperConnection can be used to wrap a GIOStream that is based on a GSocket, but which is not actually aGSocketConnection. This is used by GSocketClient so that it can always return a GSocketConnection, even when the connection it has actually created is not directly aGSocketConnection. since: 2.28
TestDBus A helper class for testing code which uses D-Bus without touching the user’s session bus. since: 2.34
ThemedIcon GThemedIcon is an implementation of GIcon that supports icon themes.
ThreadedResolver GThreadedResolver is an implementation of GResolver which calls the libc lookup functions in threads to allow them to run asynchronously. since: 2.20
ThreadedSocketService A GThreadedSocketService is a simple subclass of GSocketServicethat handles incoming connections by creating a worker thread and dispatching the connection to it by emitting the [signal@Gio.ThreadedSocketService::run signal] in the new thread. since: 2.22
TlsCertificate A certificate used for TLS authentication and encryption. This can represent either a certificate only (eg, the certificate received by a client from a server), or the combination of a certificate and a private key (which is needed when acting as aGTlsServerConnection). since: 2.28
TlsConnection GTlsConnection is the base TLS connection class type, which wraps a GIOStream and provides TLS encryption on top of it. Its subclasses, GTlsClientConnection andGTlsServerConnection, implement client-side and server-side TLS, respectively. since: 2.28
TlsDatabase GTlsDatabase is used to look up certificates and other information from a certificate or key store. It is an abstract base class whichTLS library specific subtypes override. since: 2.30
TlsInteraction GTlsInteraction provides a mechanism for the TLS connection and database code to interact with the user. It can be used to ask the user for passwords. since: 2.30
TlsPassword An abstract interface representing a password used in TLS. Often used in user interaction such as unlocking a key storage token. since: 2.30
UnixConnection This is the subclass of GSocketConnection that is created for UNIX domain sockets. since: 2.22
UnixCredentialsMessage This GSocketControlMessage contains a GCredentialsinstance. It may be sent using g_socket_send_message() and received using g_socket_receive_message() over UNIX sockets (ie: sockets in the G_SOCKET_FAMILY_UNIX family). since: 2.26
UnixFDList A GUnixFDList contains a list of file descriptors. It owns the file descriptors that it contains, closing them when finalized.
UnixSocketAddress Support for UNIX-domain (also known as local) sockets, corresponding tostruct sockaddr_un.
Vfs Entry point for using GIO functionality.
VolumeMonitor GVolumeMonitor is for listing the user interesting devices and volumes on the computer. In other words, what a file selector or file manager would show in a sidebar.
ZlibCompressor GZlibCompressor is an implementation of GConverter that compresses data using zlib.
ZlibDecompressor GZlibDecompressor is an implementation of GConverter that decompresses data compressed with zlib.
Action GAction represents a single named action.
ActionGroup GActionGroup represents a group of actions.
ActionMap GActionMap is an interface for action containers. since: 2.32
AppInfo Information about an installed application and methods to launch it (with file arguments).
AsyncInitable GAsyncInitable is an interface for asynchronously initializable objects. since: 2.22
AsyncResult GAsyncResult provides a base class for implementing asynchronous function results.
Converter GConverter is an interface for streaming conversions. since: 2.24
DatagramBased Interface for socket-like objects with datagram semantics. since: 2.48
DBusInterface Base type for D-Bus interfaces. since: 2.30
DBusObject The GDBusObject type is the base type for D-Bus objects on both the service side (see GDBusObjectSkeleton) and the client side (see GDBusObjectProxy). It is essentially just a container of interfaces.
DBusObjectManager The GDBusObjectManager type is the base type for service- and client-side implementations of the standardizedorg.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager interface.
DebugController GDebugController is an interface to expose control of debugging features and debug output. since: 2.72
DesktopAppInfoLookup GDesktopAppInfoLookup is an opaque data structure and can only be accessed using the following functions. deprecated: 2.28
Drive GDrive represents a piece of hardware connected to the machine. It’s generally only created for removable hardware or hardware with removable media. For example, an optical disc drive, or a USB flash drive.
DtlsClientConnection GDtlsClientConnection is the client-side subclass ofGDtlsConnection, representing a client-side DTLS connection. since: 2.48
DtlsConnection GDtlsConnection is the base DTLS connection class type, which wraps a GDatagramBased and provides DTLS encryption on top of it. Its subclasses, GDtlsClientConnection andGDtlsServerConnection, implement client-side and server-side DTLS, respectively. since: 2.48
DtlsServerConnection GDtlsServerConnection is the server-side subclass ofGDtlsConnection, representing a server-side DTLS connection. since: 2.48
File GFile is a high level abstraction for manipulating files on a virtual file system. GFiles are lightweight, immutable objects that do no I/O upon creation. It is necessary to understand thatGFile objects do not represent files, merely an identifier for a file. All file content I/O is implemented as streaming operations (see GInputStream and GOutputStream).
FileDescriptorBased GFileDescriptorBased is an interface for file descriptor based IO. since: 2.24
Icon GIcon is a very minimal interface for icons. It provides functions for checking the equality of two icons, hashing of icons and serializing an icon to and from strings.
Initable GInitable is implemented by objects that can fail during initialization. If an object implements this interface then it must be initialized as the first thing after construction, either via g_initable_init() or g_async_initable_init_async()(the latter is only available if it also implements GAsyncInitable). since: 2.22
ListModel GListModel is an interface that represents a mutable list ofGObject. Its main intention is as a model for various widgets in user interfaces, such as list views, but it can also be used as a convenient method of returning lists of data, with support for updates.
LoadableIcon GLoadableIcon extends the GIcon interface and adds the ability to load icons from streams.
MemoryMonitor GMemoryMonitor will monitor system memory and suggest to the application when to free memory so as to leave more room for other applications. It is implemented on Linux using theLow Memory Monitor(API documentation). since: 2.64
Mount The GMount interface represents a user-visible mount, such as a mounted file system.
NetworkMonitor GNetworkMonitor provides an easy-to-use cross-platform APIfor monitoring network connectivity. On Linux, the available implementations are based on the kernel’s netlink interface and on NetworkManager. since: 2.32
PollableInputStream GPollableInputStream is implemented by GInputStreams that can be polled for readiness to read. This can be used when interfacing with a non-GIO API that expectsUNIX-file-descriptor-style asynchronous I/O rather than GIO-style. since: 2.28
PollableOutputStream GPollableOutputStream is implemented by GOutputStreams that can be polled for readiness to write. This can be used when interfacing with a non-GIO API that expectsUNIX-file-descriptor-style asynchronous I/O rather than GIO-style. since: 2.28
PowerProfileMonitor GPowerProfileMonitor makes it possible for applications as well as OScomponents to monitor system power profiles and act upon them. It currently only exports whether the system is in “Power Saver” mode (known as “Low Power” mode on some systems). since: 2.70
Proxy A GProxy handles connecting to a remote host via a given type of proxy server. It is implemented by the gio-proxy extension point. The extensions are named after their proxy protocol name. As an example, a SOCKS5 proxy implementation can be retrieved with the name socks5 using the functiong_io_extension_point_get_extension_by_name(). since: 2.26
ProxyResolver GProxyResolver provides synchronous and asynchronous network proxy resolution. GProxyResolver is used within GSocketClient through the method g_socket_connectable_proxy_enumerate(). since: 2.26
RemoteActionGroup The GRemoteActionGroup interface is implemented by GActionGroupinstances that either transmit action invocations to other processes or receive action invocations in the local process from other processes. since: 2.32
Seekable GSeekable is implemented by streams (implementations ofGInputStream or GOutputStream) that support seeking.
SocketConnectable Objects that describe one or more potential socket endpoints implement GSocketConnectable. Callers can then useg_socket_connectable_enumerate() to get aGSocketAddressEnumerator to try out each socket address in turn until one succeeds, as shown in the sample code below.
TlsBackend TLS (Transport Layer Security, aka SSL) and DTLS backend. This is an internal type used to coordinate the different classes implemented by a TLS backend. since: 2.28
TlsClientConnection GTlsClientConnection is the client-side subclass ofGTlsConnection, representing a client-side TLS connection. since: 2.28
TlsFileDatabase GTlsFileDatabase is implemented by GTlsDatabase objects which load their certificate information from a file. It is an interface whichTLS library specific subtypes implement. since: 2.30
TlsServerConnection GTlsServerConnection is the server-side subclass ofGTlsConnection, representing a server-side TLS connection. since: 2.28
Volume The GVolume interface represents user-visible objects that can be mounted. For example, a file system partition on a USB flash drive, or an optical disc inserted into a disc drive.
ActionEntry This struct defines a single action. It is for use withg_action_map_add_action_entries().
DBusAnnotationInfo Information about an annotation. since: 2.26
DBusArgInfo Information about an argument for a method or a signal. since: 2.26
DBusErrorEntry Struct used in g_dbus_error_register_error_domain(). since: 2.26
DBusInterfaceInfo Information about a D-Bus interface. since: 2.26
DBusInterfaceVTable Virtual table for handling properties and method calls for a D-Bus interface. since: 2.26
DBusMethodInfo Information about a method on a D-Bus interface. since: 2.26
DBusNodeInfo Information about nodes in a remote object hierarchy. since: 2.26
DBusPropertyInfo Information about a D-Bus property on a D-Bus interface. since: 2.26
DBusSignalInfo Information about a signal on a D-Bus interface. since: 2.26
DBusSubtreeVTable Virtual table for handling subtrees registered with g_dbus_connection_register_subtree(). since: 2.26
FileAttributeInfo Information about a specific attribute.
FileAttributeInfoList Acts as a lightweight registry for possible valid file attributes. The registry stores Key-Value pair formats as GFileAttributeInfos.
FileAttributeMatcher Determines if a string matches a file attribute.
InputMessage Structure used for scatter/gather data input when receiving multiple messages or packets in one go. You generally pass in an array of emptyGInputVectors and the operation will use all the buffers as if they were one buffer, and will set bytes_received to the total number of bytes received across all GInputVectors. since: 2.48
InputVector Structure used for scatter/gather data input. You generally pass in an array of GInputVectorsand the operation will store the read data starting in the first buffer, switching to the next as needed. since: 2.22
IOExtension GIOExtension is an opaque data structure and can only be accessed using the following functions.
IOExtensionPoint GIOExtensionPoint provides a mechanism for modules to extend the functionality of the library or application that loaded it in an organized fashion.
IOModuleScope Represents a scope for loading IO modules. A scope can be used for blocking duplicate modules, or blocking a module you don’t want to load. since: 2.30
IOSchedulerJob Opaque class for defining and scheduling IO jobs. deprecated: 2.36
IOStreamAdapter
OutputMessage Structure used for scatter/gather data output when sending multiple messages or packets in one go. You generally pass in an array ofGOutputVectors and the operation will use all the buffers as if they were one buffer. since: 2.44
OutputVector Structure used for scatter/gather data output. You generally pass in an array of GOutputVectorsand the operation will use all the buffers as if they were one buffer. since: 2.22
Resource Applications and libraries often contain binary or textual data that is really part of the application, rather than user data. For instanceGtkBuilder .ui files, splashscreen images, GMenu markup XML, CSS files, icons, etc. These are often shipped as files in $datadir/appname, or manually included as literal strings in the code. since: 2.32
SettingsSchema The GSettingsSchemaSource and GSettingsSchema APIs provide a mechanism for advanced control over the loading of schemas and a mechanism for introspecting their content. since: 2.32
SettingsSchemaKey GSettingsSchemaKey is an opaque data structure and can only be accessed using the following functions.
SettingsSchemaSource This is an opaque structure type. You may not access it directly. since: 2.32
SrvTarget A single target host/port that a network service is running on.
StaticResource GStaticResource is an opaque data structure and can only be accessed using the following functions.
BusType An enumeration for well-known message buses. since: 2.26
ConverterResult Results returned from g_converter_convert(). since: 2.24
CredentialsType Enumeration describing different kinds of native credential types. since: 2.26
DataStreamByteOrder GDataStreamByteOrder is used to ensure proper endianness of streaming data sources across various machine architectures.
DataStreamNewlineType GDataStreamNewlineType is used when checking for or setting the line endings for a given file.
DBusMessageByteOrder Enumeration used to describe the byte order of a D-Bus message. since: 2.26
DBusMessageHeaderField Header fields used in GDBusMessage. since: 2.26
DBusMessageType Message types used in GDBusMessage. since: 2.26
DriveStartStopType Enumeration describing how a drive can be started/stopped. since: 2.22
EmblemOrigin GEmblemOrigin is used to add information about the origin of the emblem to GEmblem. since: 2.18
FileAttributeStatus Used by g_file_set_attributes_from_info() when setting file attributes.
FileAttributeType The data types for file attributes.
FileMonitorEvent Specifies what type of event a monitor event is.
FilesystemPreviewType Indicates a hint from the file system whether files should be previewed in a file manager. Returned as the value of the keyG_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_USE_PREVIEW.
FileType Indicates the file’s on-disk type.
IOModuleScopeFlags Flags for use with g_io_module_scope_new(). since: 2.30
MemoryMonitorWarningLevel Memory availability warning levels. since: 2.64
MountOperationResult GMountOperationResult is returned as a result when a request for information is send by the mounting operation.
NetworkConnectivity The host’s network connectivity state, as reported by GNetworkMonitor. since: 2.44
NotificationPriority Priority levels for GNotifications. since: 2.42
PasswordSave GPasswordSave is used to indicate the lifespan of a saved password.
PollableReturn Return value for various IO operations that signal errors via the return value and not necessarily via a GError. since: 2.60
ResolverRecordType The type of record that g_resolver_lookup_records() org_resolver_lookup_records_async() should retrieve. The records are returned as lists of GVariant tuples. Each record type has different values in the variant tuples returned. since: 2.34
SocketClientEvent Describes an event occurring on a GSocketClient. See theGSocketClient::event signal for more details. since: 2.32
SocketFamily The protocol family of a GSocketAddress. (These values are identical to the system defines AF_INET, AF_INET6 and AF_UNIX, if available.). since: 2.22
SocketListenerEvent Describes an event occurring on a GSocketListener. See theGSocketListener::event signal for more details. since: 2.46
SocketProtocol A protocol identifier is specified when creating a GSocket, which is a family/type specific identifier, where 0 means the default protocol for the particular family/type. since: 2.22
SocketType Flags used when creating a GSocket. Some protocols may not implement all the socket types. since: 2.22
TlsAuthenticationMode The client authentication mode for a GTlsServerConnection. since: 2.28
TlsCertificateRequestFlags Flags for g_tls_interaction_request_certificate(), g_tls_interaction_request_certificate_async(), and g_tls_interaction_invoke_request_certificate(). since: 2.40
TlsChannelBindingType The type of TLS channel binding data to retrieve from GTlsConnectionor GDtlsConnection, as documented by RFC 5929 or RFC 9266. Thetls-unique-for-telnetbinding type is not currently implemented. since: 2.66
TlsDatabaseLookupFlags Flags for g_tls_database_lookup_certificate_for_handle(), g_tls_database_lookup_certificate_issuer(), and g_tls_database_lookup_certificates_issued_by(). since: 2.30
TlsInteractionResult GTlsInteractionResult is returned by various functions in GTlsInteractionwhen finishing an interaction request. since: 2.30
TlsProtocolVersion The TLS or DTLS protocol version used by a GTlsConnection orGDtlsConnection. The integer values of these versions are sequential to ensure newer known protocol versions compare greater than older known versions. Any known DTLS protocol version will compare greater than any SSL or TLS protocol version. The protocol version may beG_TLS_PROTOCOL_VERSION_UNKNOWN if the TLS backend supports a newer protocol version that GLib does not yet know about. This means that it’s possible for an unknown DTLS protocol version to compare less than the TLS protocol versions. since: 2.70
TlsRehandshakeMode When to allow rehandshaking. See g_tls_connection_set_rehandshake_mode(). deprecated: 2.60. since: 2.28
UnixSocketAddressType The type of name used by a GUnixSocketAddress.G_UNIX_SOCKET_ADDRESS_PATH indicates a traditional unix domain socket bound to a filesystem path. G_UNIX_SOCKET_ADDRESS_ANONYMOUSindicates a socket not bound to any name (eg, a client-side socket, or a socket created with socketpair()). since: 2.26
ZlibCompressorFormat Used to select the type of data format to use for GZlibDecompressorand GZlibCompressor. since: 2.24
AppInfoCreateFlags Flags used when creating a GAppInfo.
ApplicationFlags Flags used to define the behaviour of a GApplication. since: 2.28
AskPasswordFlags GAskPasswordFlags are used to request specific information from the user, or to notify the user of their choices in an authentication situation.
BusNameOwnerFlags Flags used in g_bus_own_name(). since: 2.26
BusNameWatcherFlags Flags used in g_bus_watch_name(). since: 2.26
ConverterFlags Flags used when calling a g_converter_convert(). since: 2.24
DBusCallFlags Flags used in g_dbus_connection_call() and similar APIs. since: 2.26
DBusCapabilityFlags Capabilities negotiated with the remote peer. since: 2.26
DBusConnectionFlags Flags used when creating a new GDBusConnection. since: 2.26
DBusInterfaceSkeletonFlags Flags describing the behavior of a GDBusInterfaceSkeleton instance. since: 2.30
DBusMessageFlags Message flags used in GDBusMessage. since: 2.26
DBusObjectManagerClientFlags Flags used when constructing a GDBusObjectManagerClient. since: 2.30
DBusPropertyInfoFlags Flags describing the access control of a D-Bus property. since: 2.26
DBusProxyFlags Flags used when constructing an instance of a GDBusProxy derived class. since: 2.26
DBusSendMessageFlags Flags used when sending GDBusMessages on a GDBusConnection. since: 2.26
DBusServerFlags Flags used when creating a GDBusServer. since: 2.26
DBusSignalFlags Flags used when subscribing to signals via g_dbus_connection_signal_subscribe(). since: 2.26
DBusSubtreeFlags Flags passed to g_dbus_connection_register_subtree(). since: 2.26
DriveStartFlags Flags used when starting a drive. since: 2.22
FileAttributeInfoFlags Flags specifying the behaviour of an attribute.
FileCopyFlags Flags used when copying or moving files.
FileCreateFlags Flags used when an operation may create a file.
FileMeasureFlags Flags that can be used with g_file_measure_disk_usage(). since: 2.38
FileMonitorFlags Flags used to set what a GFileMonitor will watch for.
FileQueryInfoFlags Flags used when querying a GFileInfo.
IOStreamSpliceFlags GIOStreamSpliceFlags determine how streams should be spliced. since: 2.28
MountMountFlags Flags used when mounting a mount.
MountUnmountFlags Flags used when an unmounting a mount.
OutputStreamSpliceFlags GOutputStreamSpliceFlags determine how streams should be spliced.
ResolverNameLookupFlags Flags to modify lookup behavior. since: 2.60
ResourceFlags GResourceFlags give information about a particular file inside a resource bundle. since: 2.32
ResourceLookupFlags GResourceLookupFlags determine how resource path lookups are handled. since: 2.32
SettingsBindFlags Flags used when creating a binding.
SocketMsgFlags Flags used in g_socket_receive_message() and g_socket_send_message(). The flags listed in the enum are some commonly available flags, but the values used for them are the same as on the platform, and any other flags are passed in/out as is. So to use a platform specific flag, just include the right system header and pass in the flag. since: 2.22
SubprocessFlags Flags to define the behaviour of a GSubprocess. since: 2.40
TestDBusFlags Flags to define future GTestDBus behaviour. since: 2.34
TlsCertificateFlags A set of flags describing TLS certification validation. This can be used to describe why a particular certificate was rejected (for example, in GTlsConnection::accept-certificate). since: 2.28
TlsDatabaseVerifyFlags Flags for g_tls_database_verify_chain(). since: 2.30
TlsPasswordFlags Various flags for the password. since: 2.30

Error Domains

DBusError Error codes for the G_DBUS_ERROR error domain. since: 2.26
IOErrorEnum Error codes returned by GIO functions.
ResolverError An error code used with G_RESOLVER_ERROR in a GError returned from a GResolver routine. since: 2.22
ResourceError An error code used with G_RESOURCE_ERROR in a GError returned from a GResource routine. since: 2.32
TlsChannelBindingError An error code used with G_TLS_CHANNEL_BINDING_ERROR in a GError to indicate a TLS channel binding retrieval error. since: 2.66
TlsError An error code used with G_TLS_ERROR in a GError returned from aTLS-related routine. since: 2.28
AsyncReadyCallback Type definition for a function that will be called back when an asynchronous operation within GIO has been completed. GAsyncReadyCallbackcallbacks from GTask are guaranteed to be invoked in a later iteration of the thread-default main context (see g_main_context_push_thread_default()) where the GTask was created. All other users ofGAsyncReadyCallback must likewise call it asynchronously in a later iteration of the main context.
BusAcquiredCallback Invoked when a connection to a message bus has been obtained. since: 2.26
BusNameAcquiredCallback Invoked when the name is acquired. since: 2.26
BusNameAppearedCallback Invoked when the name being watched is known to have to have an owner. since: 2.26
BusNameLostCallback Invoked when the name is lost or connection has been closed. since: 2.26
BusNameVanishedCallback Invoked when the name being watched is known not to have to have an owner. since: 2.26
CancellableSourceFunc This is the function type of the callback used for the GSourcereturned by g_cancellable_source_new(). since: 2.28
DatagramBasedSourceFunc This is the function type of the callback used for the GSourcereturned by g_datagram_based_create_source(). since: 2.48
DBusInterfaceGetPropertyFunc The type of the get_property function in GDBusInterfaceVTable. since: 2.26
DBusInterfaceMethodCallFunc The type of the method_call function in GDBusInterfaceVTable. since: 2.26
DBusInterfaceSetPropertyFunc The type of the set_property function in GDBusInterfaceVTable. since: 2.26
DBusMessageFilterFunction Signature for function used in g_dbus_connection_add_filter(). since: 2.26
DBusProxyTypeFunc Function signature for a function used to determine the GType to use for an interface proxy (if interface_name is not NULL) or object proxy (if interface_name is NULL). since: 2.30
DBusSignalCallback Signature for callback function used in g_dbus_connection_signal_subscribe(). since: 2.26
DBusSubtreeDispatchFunc The type of the dispatch function in GDBusSubtreeVTable. since: 2.26
DBusSubtreeEnumerateFunc The type of the enumerate function in GDBusSubtreeVTable. since: 2.26
DBusSubtreeIntrospectFunc The type of the introspect function in GDBusSubtreeVTable. since: 2.26
DesktopAppLaunchCallback During invocation, g_desktop_app_info_launch_uris_as_manager() may create one or more child processes. This callback is invoked once for each, providing the process ID.
FileMeasureProgressCallback This callback type is used by g_file_measure_disk_usage() to make periodic progress reports when measuring the amount of disk spaced used by a directory. since: 2.38
FileProgressCallback When doing file operations that may take a while, such as moving a file or copying a file, a progress callback is used to pass how far along that operation is to the application.
FileReadMoreCallback When loading the partial contents of a file with g_file_load_partial_contents_async(), it may become necessary to determine if any more data from the file should be loaded. A GFileReadMoreCallback function facilitates this by returning TRUE if more data should be read, or FALSE otherwise.
IOSchedulerJobFunc I/O Job function. deprecated: 2.36
PollableSourceFunc This is the function type of the callback used for the GSourcereturned by g_pollable_input_stream_create_source() and g_pollable_output_stream_create_source(). since: 2.28
ReallocFunc Changes the size of the memory block pointed to by data tosize bytes.
SettingsBindGetMapping The type for the function that is used to convert from GSettingsto an object property.
SettingsBindSetMapping The type for the function that is used to convert an object property value to a GVariant for storing it in GSettings.
SettingsGetMapping The type of the function that is used to convert from a value stored in a GSettings to a value that is useful to the application.
SimpleAsyncThreadFunc Simple thread function that runs an asynchronous operation and checks for cancellation.
SocketSourceFunc This is the function type of the callback used for the GSourcereturned by g_socket_create_source(). since: 2.22
TaskThreadFunc The prototype for a task function to be run in a thread viag_task_run_in_thread() or g_task_run_in_thread_sync(). since: 2.36
VfsFileLookupFunc This function type is used by g_vfs_register_uri_scheme() to make it possible for a client to associate a URI scheme to a different GFileimplementation. since: 2.50
bus_get Asynchronously connects to the message bus specified by bus_type. since: 2.26
bus_get_finish Finishes an operation started with g_bus_get(). since: 2.26
bus_get_sync Synchronously connects to the message bus specified by bus_type. Note that the returned object may shared with other callers, e.g. if two separate parts of a process calls this function with the same bus_type, they will share the same object. since: 2.26
bus_own_name Requests ownership of name on the bus specified by bus_type. since: 2.26
bus_own_name_on_connection Like g_bus_own_name() but takes a GDBusConnection instead of a GBusType. since: 2.26
bus_own_name_on_connection_with_closures Version of g_bus_own_name_on_connection() using closures instead of callbacks for easier binding in other languages. since: 2.26
bus_own_name_with_closures Version of [func@Gio.bus_own_name using closures instead of callbacks for easier binding in other languages. since: 2.26
bus_unown_name Stops owning a name. since: 2.26
bus_unwatch_name Stops watching a name. since: 2.26
bus_watch_name Starts watching name on the bus specified by bus_type and callsname_appeared_handler and name_vanished_handler when the name is known to have an owner respectively known to lose its owner. Callbacks will be invoked in the thread-default main context (see g_main_context_push_thread_default()) of the thread you are calling this function from. since: 2.26
bus_watch_name_on_connection Like g_bus_watch_name() but takes a GDBusConnection instead of aGBusType. since: 2.26
bus_watch_name_on_connection_with_closures Version of g_bus_watch_name_on_connection() using closures instead of callbacks for easier binding in other languages. since: 2.26
bus_watch_name_with_closures Version of g_bus_watch_name() using closures instead of callbacks for easier binding in other languages. since: 2.26
clear_dbus_signal_subscription If subscription_id_pointer points to a nonzero subscription ID, unsubscribe from that D-Bus signal subscription as if viag_dbus_connection_signal_unsubscribe(). since: 2.84
content_type_can_be_executable Checks if a content type can be executable. Note that for instance things like text files can be executables (i.e. scripts and batch files).
content_type_equals Compares two content types for equality.
content_type_from_mime_type Tries to find a content type based on the mime type name. since: 2.18
content_type_get_description Gets the human readable description of the content type.
content_type_get_generic_icon_name Gets the generic icon name for a content type. since: 2.34
content_type_get_icon Gets the icon for a content type.
content_type_get_mime_dirs Get the list of directories which MIME data is loaded from. Seeg_content_type_set_mime_dirs() for details. since: 2.60
content_type_get_mime_type Gets the mime type for the content type, if one is registered.
content_type_get_symbolic_icon Gets the symbolic icon for a content type. since: 2.34
content_type_guess Guesses the content type based on example data. If the function is uncertain, result_uncertain will be set to TRUE. Either filenameor data may be NULL, in which case the guess will be based solely on the other argument.
content_type_guess_for_tree Tries to guess the type of the tree with root root, by looking at the files it contains. The result is an array of content types, with the best guess coming first. since: 2.18
content_type_is_a Determines if type is a subset of supertype.
content_type_is_mime_type Determines if type is a subset of mime_type. Convenience wrapper around g_content_type_is_a(). since: 2.52
content_type_is_unknown Checks if the content type is the generic “unknown” type. On UNIX this is the “application/octet-stream” mimetype, while on win32 it is “*” and on OSX it is a dynamic type or octet-stream.
content_type_set_mime_dirs Set the list of directories used by GIO to load the MIME database. If dirs is NULL, the directories used are the default:. since: 2.60
content_types_get_registered Gets a list of strings containing all the registered content types known to the system. The list and its data should be freed usingg_list_free_full (list, g_free).
dbus_address_escape_value Escape string so it can appear in a D-Bus address as the value part of a key-value pair. since: 2.36
dbus_address_get_for_bus_sync Synchronously looks up the D-Bus address for the well-known message bus instance specified by bus_type. This may involve using various platform specific mechanisms. since: 2.26
dbus_address_get_stream Asynchronously connects to an endpoint specified by address and sets up the connection so it is in a state to run the client-side of the D-Bus authentication conversation. address must be in theD-Bus address format. since: 2.26
dbus_address_get_stream_finish Finishes an operation started with g_dbus_address_get_stream(). since: 2.26
dbus_address_get_stream_sync Synchronously connects to an endpoint specified by address and sets up the connection so it is in a state to run the client-side of the D-Bus authentication conversation. address must be in theD-Bus address format. since: 2.26
dbus_escape_object_path This is a language binding friendly version of g_dbus_escape_object_path_bytestring(). since: 2.68
dbus_escape_object_path_bytestring Escapes bytes for use in a D-Bus object path component.bytes is an array of zero or more nonzero bytes in an unspecified encoding, followed by a single zero byte. since: 2.68
dbus_generate_guid Generate a D-Bus GUID that can be used with e.g. g_dbus_connection_new(). since: 2.26
dbus_gvalue_to_gvariant Converts a GValue to a GVariant of the type indicated by the typeparameter. since: 2.30
dbus_gvariant_to_gvalue Converts a GVariant to a GValue. If value is floating, it is consumed. since: 2.30
dbus_is_address Checks if string is aD-Bus address. since: 2.26
dbus_is_error_name Check whether string is a valid D-Bus error name. since: 2.70
dbus_is_guid Checks if string is a D-Bus GUID. since: 2.26
dbus_is_interface_name Checks if string is a valid D-Bus interface name. since: 2.26
dbus_is_member_name Checks if string is a valid D-Bus member (e.g. signal or method) name. since: 2.26
dbus_is_name Checks if string is a valid D-Bus bus name (either unique or well-known). since: 2.26
dbus_is_supported_address Like g_dbus_is_address() but also checks if the library supports the transports in string and that key/value pairs for each transport are valid. See the specification of theD-Bus address format. since: 2.26
dbus_is_unique_name Checks if string is a valid D-Bus unique bus name. since: 2.26
dbus_unescape_object_path Unescapes an string that was previously escaped with g_dbus_escape_object_path(). If the string is in a format that could not have been returned by g_dbus_escape_object_path(), this function returns NULL. since: 2.68
io_error_from_errno Converts errno.h error codes into GIO error codes.
io_error_from_file_error Converts GFileError error codes into GIO error codes. since: 2.74
io_error_quark Gets the GIO Error Quark.
io_modules_load_all_in_directory Loads all the modules in the specified directory.
io_modules_load_all_in_directory_with_scope Loads all the modules in the specified directory. since: 2.30
io_modules_scan_all_in_directory Scans all the modules in the specified directory, ensuring that any extension point implemented by a module is registered. since: 2.24
io_modules_scan_all_in_directory_with_scope Scans all the modules in the specified directory, ensuring that any extension point implemented by a module is registered. since: 2.30
io_scheduler_cancel_all_jobs Cancels all cancellable I/O jobs. deprecated: 2.36
io_scheduler_push_job Schedules the I/O job to run in another thread. deprecated: 2.36
keyfile_settings_backend_new Creates a keyfile-backed GSettingsBackend.
memory_settings_backend_new Creates a memory-backed GSettingsBackend. since: 2.28
networking_init Initializes the platform networking libraries (eg, on Windows, this calls WSAStartup()). GLib will call this itself if it is needed, so you only need to call it if you directly call system networking functions (without calling any GLib networking functions first). since: 2.36
null_settings_backend_new Creates a readonly GSettingsBackend. since: 2.28
pollable_source_new Utility method for GPollableInputStream and GPollableOutputStreamimplementations. Creates a new GSource that expects a callback of type GPollableSourceFunc. The new source does not actually do anything on its own; use g_source_add_child_source() to add other sources to it to cause it to trigger. since: 2.28
pollable_source_new_full Utility method for GPollableInputStream and GPollableOutputStreamimplementations. Creates a new GSource, as with g_pollable_source_new(), but also attaching child_source (with a dummy callback), and cancellable, if they are non-NULL. since: 2.34
pollable_stream_read Tries to read from stream, as with g_input_stream_read() (ifblocking is TRUE) or g_pollable_input_stream_read_nonblocking()(if blocking is FALSE). This can be used to more easily share code between blocking and non-blocking implementations of a method. since: 2.34
pollable_stream_write Tries to write to stream, as with g_output_stream_write() (ifblocking is TRUE) or g_pollable_output_stream_write_nonblocking()(if blocking is FALSE). This can be used to more easily share code between blocking and non-blocking implementations of a method. since: 2.34
pollable_stream_write_all Tries to write count bytes to stream, as with g_output_stream_write_all(), but using g_pollable_stream_write()rather than g_output_stream_write(). since: 2.34
resources_enumerate_children Returns all the names of children at the specified path in the set of globally registered resources. since: 2.32
resources_get_info Looks for a file at the specified path in the set of globally registered resources and if found returns information about it. since: 2.32
resources_has_children Returns whether the specified path in the set of globally registered resources has children. since: 2.84
resources_lookup_data Looks for a file at the specified path in the set of globally registered resources and returns a GBytes that lets you directly access the data in memory. since: 2.32
resources_open_stream Looks for a file at the specified path in the set of globally registered resources and returns a GInputStreamthat lets you read the data. since: 2.32
resources_register Registers the resource with the process-global set of resources. since: 2.32
resources_unregister Unregisters the resource from the process-global set of resources. since: 2.32
simple_async_report_error_in_idle Reports an error in an asynchronous function in an idle function by directly setting the contents of the GAsyncResult with the given error information. deprecated: 2.46
simple_async_report_gerror_in_idle Reports an error in an idle function. Similar to g_simple_async_report_error_in_idle(), but takes a GError rather than building a new one. deprecated: 2.46
simple_async_report_take_gerror_in_idle Reports an error in an idle function. Similar to g_simple_async_report_gerror_in_idle(), but takes over the caller’s ownership of error, so the caller does not have to free it any more. deprecated: 2.46 since: 2.28
DBUS_METHOD_INVOCATION_HANDLED The value returned by handlers of the signals generated by the gdbus-codegen tool to indicate that a method call has been handled by an implementation. It is equal to TRUE, but using this macro is sometimes more readable.
DBUS_METHOD_INVOCATION_UNHANDLED The value returned by handlers of the signals generated by the gdbus-codegen tool to indicate that a method call has not been handled by an implementation. It is equal to FALSE, but using this macro is sometimes more readable.
DEBUG_CONTROLLER_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME Extension point for debug control functionality. See Extending GIO.
DESKTOP_APP_INFO_LOOKUP_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME Extension point for default handler to URI association. SeeExtending GIO. deprecated: 2.28
DRIVE_IDENTIFIER_KIND_UNIX_DEVICE The string used to obtain a Unix device path with g_drive_get_identifier().
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ACCESS_CAN_DELETE A key in the “access” namespace for checking deletion privileges.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ACCESS_CAN_EXECUTE A key in the “access” namespace for getting execution privileges.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ACCESS_CAN_READ A key in the “access” namespace for getting read privileges.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ACCESS_CAN_RENAME A key in the “access” namespace for checking renaming privileges.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ACCESS_CAN_TRASH A key in the “access” namespace for checking trashing privileges.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ACCESS_CAN_WRITE A key in the “access” namespace for getting write privileges.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DOS_IS_ARCHIVE A key in the “dos” namespace for checking if the file’s archive flag is set.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DOS_IS_MOUNTPOINT A key in the “dos” namespace for checking if the file is a NTFS mount point (a volume mount or a junction point).
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DOS_IS_SYSTEM A key in the “dos” namespace for checking if the file’s backup flag is set.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DOS_REPARSE_POINT_TAG A key in the “dos” namespace for getting the file NTFS reparse tag.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ETAG_VALUE A key in the “etag” namespace for getting the value of the file’s entity tag.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_FREE A key in the “filesystem” namespace for getting the number of bytes of free space left on the file system.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_READONLY A key in the “filesystem” namespace for checking if the file system is read only.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_REMOTE A key in the “filesystem” namespace for checking if the file system is remote.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_SIZE A key in the “filesystem” namespace for getting the total size (in bytes) of the file system, used in g_file_query_filesystem_info().
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_TYPE A key in the “filesystem” namespace for getting the file system’s type.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_USE_PREVIEW A key in the “filesystem” namespace for hinting a file manager application whether it should preview (e.g. thumbnail) files on the file system.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_USED A key in the “filesystem” namespace for getting the number of bytes used by data on the file system.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_GVFS_BACKEND A key in the “gvfs” namespace that gets the name of the currentGVFS backend in use.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ID_FILE A key in the “id” namespace for getting a file identifier.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ID_FILESYSTEM A key in the “id” namespace for getting the file system identifier.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_MOUNTABLE_CAN_EJECT A key in the “mountable” namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) can be ejected.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_MOUNTABLE_CAN_MOUNT A key in the “mountable” namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) is mountable.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_MOUNTABLE_CAN_POLL A key in the “mountable” namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) can be polled.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_MOUNTABLE_CAN_START A key in the “mountable” namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) can be started.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_MOUNTABLE_CAN_START_DEGRADED A key in the “mountable” namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) can be started degraded.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_MOUNTABLE_CAN_STOP A key in the “mountable” namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) can be stopped.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_MOUNTABLE_CAN_UNMOUNT A key in the “mountable” namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) is unmountable.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_MOUNTABLE_HAL_UDI A key in the “mountable” namespace for getting the HAL UDI for the mountable file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_MOUNTABLE_IS_MEDIA_CHECK_AUTOMATIC A key in the “mountable” namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) is automatically polled for media.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_MOUNTABLE_START_STOP_TYPE A key in the “mountable” namespace for getting the GDriveStartStopType.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_MOUNTABLE_UNIX_DEVICE A key in the “mountable” namespace for getting the unix device.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_MOUNTABLE_UNIX_DEVICE_FILE A key in the “mountable” namespace for getting the unix device file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OWNER_GROUP A key in the “owner” namespace for getting the file owner’s group.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OWNER_USER A key in the “owner” namespace for getting the user name of the file’s owner.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OWNER_USER_REAL A key in the “owner” namespace for getting the real name of the user that owns the file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_PREVIEW_ICON A key in the “preview” namespace for getting a GIcon that can be used to get preview of the file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_RECENT_MODIFIED A key in the “recent” namespace for getting time, when the metadata for the file in recent:/// was last changed.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SELINUX_CONTEXT A key in the “selinux” namespace for getting the file’s SELinux context.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_ALLOCATED_SIZE A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the amount of disk space that is consumed by the file (in bytes).
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_CONTENT_TYPE A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the content type of the file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_COPY_NAME A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the copy name of the file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_DESCRIPTION A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the description of the file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_DISPLAY_NAME A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the display name of the file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_EDIT_NAME A key in the “standard” namespace for edit name of the file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_FAST_CONTENT_TYPE A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the fast content type.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_ICON A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the icon for the file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_IS_BACKUP A key in the “standard” namespace for checking if a file is a backup file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_IS_HIDDEN A key in the “standard” namespace for checking if a file is hidden.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_IS_SYMLINK A key in the “standard” namespace for checking if the file is a symlink. Typically the actual type is something else, if we followed the symlink to get the type.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_IS_VIRTUAL A key in the “standard” namespace for checking if a file is virtual.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_IS_VOLATILE A key in the “standard” namespace for checking if a file is volatile. This is meant for opaque, non-POSIX-like backends to indicate that the URI is not persistent. Applications should look at G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_SYMLINK_TARGET for the persistent URI.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_NAME A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the name of the file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_SIZE A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the file’s size (in bytes).
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_SORT_ORDER A key in the “standard” namespace for setting the sort order of a file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_SYMBOLIC_ICON A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the symbolic icon for the file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_SYMLINK_TARGET A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the symlink target, if the file is a symlink.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_TARGET_URI A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the target URI for the file, in the case of G_FILE_TYPE_SHORTCUT or G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE files.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_TYPE A key in the “standard” namespace for storing file types.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_THUMBNAIL_IS_VALID A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking whether the thumbnail is outdated.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_THUMBNAIL_IS_VALID_LARGE A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking whether the large thumbnail is outdated.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_THUMBNAIL_IS_VALID_NORMAL A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking whether the normal thumbnail is outdated.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_THUMBNAIL_IS_VALID_XLARGE A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking whether the x-large thumbnail is outdated.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_THUMBNAIL_IS_VALID_XXLARGE A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking whether the xx-large thumbnail is outdated.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_THUMBNAIL_PATH A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for getting the path to the thumbnail image with the biggest size available.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_THUMBNAIL_PATH_LARGE A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for getting the path to the large thumbnail image.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_THUMBNAIL_PATH_NORMAL A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for getting the path to the normal thumbnail image.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_THUMBNAIL_PATH_XLARGE A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for getting the path to the x-large thumbnail image.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_THUMBNAIL_PATH_XXLARGE A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for getting the path to the xx-large thumbnail image.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_THUMBNAILING_FAILED A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking if thumbnailing failed.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_THUMBNAILING_FAILED_LARGE A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking if thumbnailing failed for the large image.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_THUMBNAILING_FAILED_NORMAL A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking if thumbnailing failed for the normal image.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_THUMBNAILING_FAILED_XLARGE A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking if thumbnailing failed for the x-large image.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_THUMBNAILING_FAILED_XXLARGE A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking if thumbnailing failed for the xx-large image.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_ACCESS A key in the “time” namespace for getting the time the file was last accessed.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_ACCESS_NSEC A key in the “time” namespace for getting the nanoseconds of the time the file was last accessed. This should be used in conjunction with G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_ACCESS. Corresponding GFileAttributeType is G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT32.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_ACCESS_USEC A key in the “time” namespace for getting the microseconds of the time the file was last accessed.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_CHANGED A key in the “time” namespace for getting the time the file was last changed.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_CHANGED_NSEC A key in the “time” namespace for getting the nanoseconds of the time the file was last changed. This should be used in conjunction with G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_CHANGED. Corresponding GFileAttributeType is G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT32.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_CHANGED_USEC A key in the “time” namespace for getting the microseconds of the time the file was last changed.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_CREATED A key in the “time” namespace for getting the time the file was created.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_CREATED_NSEC A key in the “time” namespace for getting the nanoseconds of the time the file was created. This should be used in conjunction with G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_CREATED. Corresponding GFileAttributeType is G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT32.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_CREATED_USEC A key in the “time” namespace for getting the microseconds of the time the file was created.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_MODIFIED A key in the “time” namespace for getting the time the file was last modified.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_MODIFIED_NSEC A key in the “time” namespace for getting the nanoseconds of the time the file was last modified. This should be used in conjunction with G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_MODIFIED. Corresponding GFileAttributeType is G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT32.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_MODIFIED_USEC A key in the “time” namespace for getting the microseconds of the time the file was last modified.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TRASH_DELETION_DATE A key in the “trash” namespace for getting the deletion date and time of a file inside the trash:/// folder.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TRASH_ITEM_COUNT A key in the “trash” namespace for getting the number of (toplevel) items that are present in the trash:/// folder.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TRASH_ORIG_PATH A key in the “trash” namespace for getting the original path of a file inside the trash:/// folder before it was trashed.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_UNIX_BLOCK_SIZE A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the block size for the file system.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_UNIX_BLOCKS A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the number of blocks allocated for the file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_UNIX_DEVICE A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the device id of the device the file is located on (see stat() documentation).
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_UNIX_GID A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the group ID for the file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_UNIX_INODE A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the inode of the file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_UNIX_IS_MOUNTPOINT A key in the “unix” namespace for checking if the file represents aUNIX mount point.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_UNIX_MODE A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the mode of the file (e.g. whether the file is a regular file, symlink, etc).
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_UNIX_NLINK A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the number of hard links for a file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_UNIX_RDEV A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the device ID for the file (if it is a special file).
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_UNIX_UID A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the user ID for the file.
MEMORY_MONITOR_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME Extension point for memory usage monitoring functionality. See Extending GIO.
MENU_ATTRIBUTE_ACTION The menu item attribute which holds the action name of the item. Action names are namespaced with an identifier for the action group in which the action resides. For example, “win.” for window-specific actions and “app.” for application-wide actions.
MENU_ATTRIBUTE_ACTION_NAMESPACE The menu item attribute that holds the namespace for all action names in menus that are linked from this item.
MENU_ATTRIBUTE_ICON The menu item attribute which holds the icon of the item.
MENU_ATTRIBUTE_LABEL The menu item attribute which holds the label of the item.
MENU_ATTRIBUTE_TARGET The menu item attribute which holds the target with which the item’s action will be activated.
MENU_EXPORTER_MAX_SECTION_SIZE The maximum number of entries in a menu section supported by g_dbus_connection_export_menu_model().
MENU_LINK_SECTION The name of the link that associates a menu item with a section. The linked menu will usually be shown in place of the menu item, using the item’s label as a header.
MENU_LINK_SUBMENU The name of the link that associates a menu item with a submenu.
NATIVE_VOLUME_MONITOR_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME
NETWORK_MONITOR_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME Extension point for network status monitoring functionality. See Extending GIO.
POWER_PROFILE_MONITOR_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME Extension point for power profile usage monitoring functionality. See Extending GIO.
PROXY_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME Extension point for proxy functionality. See Extending GIO.
PROXY_RESOLVER_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME Extension point for proxy resolving functionality. See Extending GIO.
SETTINGS_BACKEND_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME Extension point for GSettingsBackend functionality.
TLS_BACKEND_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME Extension point for TLS functionality via GTlsBackend. See Extending GIO.
TLS_DATABASE_PURPOSE_AUTHENTICATE_CLIENT The purpose used to verify the client certificate in a TLS connection. Used by TLS servers.
TLS_DATABASE_PURPOSE_AUTHENTICATE_SERVER The purpose used to verify the server certificate in a TLS connection. This is the most common purpose in use. Used by TLS clients.
VFS_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME Extension point for GVfs functionality. See Extending GIO.
VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_CLASS The string used to obtain the volume class with g_volume_get_identifier().
VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_HAL_UDI The string used to obtain a Hal UDI with g_volume_get_identifier(). deprecated: 2.58
VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_LABEL The string used to obtain a filesystem label with g_volume_get_identifier().
VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_NFS_MOUNT The string used to obtain a NFS mount with g_volume_get_identifier().
VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_UNIX_DEVICE The string used to obtain a Unix device path with g_volume_get_identifier().
VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_UUID The string used to obtain a UUID with g_volume_get_identifier().
VOLUME_MONITOR_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME Extension point for volume monitor functionality. See Extending GIO.