GFileMonitor

GFileMonitor — File Monitor

Functions

Properties

gboolean cancelled Read
GMainContext * context Write / Construct Only
gint rate-limit Read / Write

Signals

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GFileMonitor

Includes

#include <gio/gio.h>

Description

Monitors a file or directory for changes.

To obtain a GFileMonitor for a file or directory, use g_file_monitor(), g_file_monitor_file(), or g_file_monitor_directory().

To get informed about changes to the file or directory you are monitoring, connect to the “changed” signal. The signal will be emitted in the thread-default main context of the thread that the monitor was created in (though if the global default main context is blocked, this may cause notifications to be blocked even if the thread-default context is still running).

Functions

g_file_monitor_cancel ()

gboolean
g_file_monitor_cancel (GFileMonitor *monitor);

Cancels a file monitor.

Parameters

monitor

a GFileMonitor.

 

Returns

TRUE if monitor was cancelled.


g_file_monitor_is_cancelled ()

gboolean
g_file_monitor_is_cancelled (GFileMonitor *monitor);

Returns whether the monitor is canceled.

Parameters

monitor

a GFileMonitor

 

Returns

TRUE if monitor is canceled. FALSE otherwise.


g_file_monitor_set_rate_limit ()

void
g_file_monitor_set_rate_limit (GFileMonitor *monitor,
                               gint limit_msecs);

Sets the rate limit to which the monitor will report consecutive change events to the same file.

Parameters

monitor

a GFileMonitor.

 

limit_msecs

a non-negative integer with the limit in milliseconds to poll for changes

 

g_file_monitor_emit_event ()

void
g_file_monitor_emit_event (GFileMonitor *monitor,
                           GFile *child,
                           GFile *other_file,
                           GFileMonitorEvent event_type);

Emits the “changed” signal if a change has taken place. Should be called from file monitor implementations only.

The signal will be emitted from an idle handler (in the thread-default main context).

Parameters

monitor

a GFileMonitor.

 

child

a GFile.

 

other_file

a GFile.

 

event_type

a set of GFileMonitorEvent flags.

 

Types and Values

enum GFileMonitorEvent

Specifies what type of event a monitor event is.

Members

G_FILE_MONITOR_EVENT_CHANGED

a file changed.

 

G_FILE_MONITOR_EVENT_CHANGES_DONE_HINT

a hint that this was probably the last change in a set of changes.

 

G_FILE_MONITOR_EVENT_DELETED

a file was deleted.

 

G_FILE_MONITOR_EVENT_CREATED

a file was created.

 

G_FILE_MONITOR_EVENT_ATTRIBUTE_CHANGED

a file attribute was changed.

 

G_FILE_MONITOR_EVENT_PRE_UNMOUNT

the file location will soon be unmounted.

 

G_FILE_MONITOR_EVENT_UNMOUNTED

the file location was unmounted.

 

G_FILE_MONITOR_EVENT_MOVED

the file was moved.

 

GFileMonitor

typedef struct _GFileMonitor GFileMonitor;

Watches for changes to a file.

Property Details

The “cancelled” property

  “cancelled”                gboolean

Whether the monitor has been cancelled.

Flags: Read

Default value: FALSE


The “context” property

  “context”                  GMainContext *

The main context to dispatch from.

Flags: Write / Construct Only


The “rate-limit” property

  “rate-limit”               gint

The limit of the monitor to watch for changes, in milliseconds.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 800

Signal Details

The “changed” signal

void
user_function (GFileMonitor     *monitor,
               GFile            *file,
               GFile            *other_file,
               GFileMonitorEvent event_type,
               gpointer          user_data)

Emitted when file has been changed.

If using G_FILE_MONITOR_SEND_MOVED flag and event_type is G_FILE_MONITOR_EVENT_MOVED, file will be set to a GFile containing the old path, and other_file will be set to a GFile containing the new path.

In all the other cases, other_file will be set to NULL.

Parameters

monitor

a GFileMonitor.

 

file

a GFile.

 

other_file

a GFile or NULL.

[allow-none]

event_type

a GFileMonitorEvent.

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

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