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RGtk2 (version 2.20.31)

gFileMonitorFile: gFileMonitorFile

Description

Obtains a file monitor for the given file. If no file notification mechanism exists, then regular polling of the file is used.

Usage

gFileMonitorFile(object, flags = "G_FILE_MONITOR_NONE", cancellable = NULL, .errwarn = TRUE)

Arguments

object
input GFile.
flags
cancellable
optional GCancellable object, NULL to ignore.
.errwarn
Whether to issue a warning on error or fail silently

Value

A list containing the following elements:
retval
[GFileMonitor] a GFileMonitor for the given file, or NULL on error.
error
a GError, or NULL.

Details

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.