Method
GioFilequery_file_type
since: 2.18
Declaration
GFileType
g_file_query_file_type (
GFile* file,
GFileQueryInfoFlags flags,
GCancellable* cancellable
)
Description
Utility function to inspect the GFileType of a file. This is
implemented using g_file_query_info() and as such does blocking I/O.
The primary use case of this method is to check if a file is a regular file, directory, or symlink.
Available since: 2.18
Parameters
flags-
Type:
GFileQueryInfoFlagsA set of
GFileQueryInfoFlagspassed tog_file_query_info() cancellable-
Type:
GCancellableOptional
GCancellableobject,NULLto ignore.The argument can be NULL.The data is owned by the caller of the function.
Return value
Type: GFileType
The GFileType of the file and G_FILE_TYPE_UNKNOWN
if the file does not exist.