GLib.FileUtils

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Functions:

• public int chmod (string filename, int mode)
  A wrapper for the POSIX chmod function.
• public int close (int fd)
  GLib.FileUtils.close closes a file descriptor, so that it no longer refers to any file and may be reused.
• public bool close_checked (int fd) throws FileError
  This wraps the close call.
• public int error_from_errno (int err_no)
  Gets a FileError constant based on the passed-in err_no.
• public int fsync (int fd)
  A wrapper for the POSIX `fsync()` function.
• public bool get_contents (string filename, out string contents, out size_t length = null) throws FileError
• public bool get_data (string filename, out uint8[] contents) throws FileError
  Reads an entire file into allocated memory, with good error checking.
• public int mkstemp (string tmpl)
  Opens a temporary file.
• public int open_tmp (string tmpl, out string name_used) throws FileError
  Opens a file for writing in the preferred directory for temporary files (as returned by get_tmp_dir).
• public string read_link (string filename) throws FileError
  Reads the contents of the symbolic link filename like the POSIX `readlink()` function.
• public int remove (string filename)
  A wrapper for the POSIX remove function.
• public int rename (string oldfilename, string newfilename)
  A wrapper for the POSIX rename function.
• public bool set_contents (string filename, string contents, ssize_t length = -1) throws FileError
• public bool set_contents_full (string filename, string contents, ssize_t length = -1, FileSetContentsFlags flags = 0, int mode = 0666) throws FileError
  Writes all of contents to a file named filename, with good error checking.
• public bool set_data (string filename, uint8[] contents) throws FileError
  Writes all of contents to a file named filename.
• public int symlink (string oldpath, string newpath)
  Creates a symbolic link
• public bool test (string filename, FileTest test)
  Returns true if any of the tests in the bitfield test are true.
• public int unlink (string filename)
  A wrapper for the POSIX unlink function.
• public int utime (string filename, UTimBuf? times = null)
  A wrapper for the POSIX utime function.