new_for_path

Constructs a File for a given path.

This operation never fails, but the returned object might not support any I/O operation if path is malformed.

Example: Construct a File for a given path:

public static int main (string[] args) {
	// Create a file that can only be accessed by the current user:
	File file = File.new_for_path ("my-test.txt");
	try {
		FileOutputStream os = file.create (FileCreateFlags.PRIVATE);
		os.write ("My first line\n".data);
		print ("Created.\n");
	} catch (Error e) {
		print ("Error: %s\n", e.message);
	}

	return 0;
}

valac --pkg gio-2.0 GLib.File.new_for_path.vala

Parameters:

path	a string containing a relative or absolute path. The string must be encoded in the glib filename encoding.

Returns:

a new File for the given path. Free the returned object with unref.