Gets the requested information about specified this.
The result is a FileInfo object that contains key-value attributes (such as the type or size of the file).
The attributes
value is a string that specifies the file attributes that should be gathered. It is not an error if it's not
possible to read a particular requested attribute from a file - it just won't be set. attributes
should be a comma-separated
list of attributes or attribute wildcards. The wildcard "*" means all attributes, and a wildcard like "standard::*" means all attributes
in the standard namespace. An example attribute query be "standard::*,owner:GFile:user
". The standard attributes are
available as defines, like FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_NAME.
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.
For symlinks, normally the information about the target of the symlink is returned, rather than information about the symlink itself.
However if you pass NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS in flags
the information about the symlink itself will be returned. Also, for symlinks that point to non-existing files the information about the
symlink itself will be returned.
If the file does not exist, the g_io_error_not_found error will be returned. Other errors are possible too, and depend on what kind of filesystem the file is on.
this |
input File |
attributes |
an attribute query string |
flags |
a set of FileQueryInfoFlags |
cancellable |
optional Cancellable object, null to ignore |
a FileInfo for the given this, or null on error. Free the returned object with unref. |