GAppInfoMonitor monitors application information for changes.

since: 2.40

Integrating the launch with the launching application. This is used to handle for instance startup notification and launching the new application on the same screen as the launching window.

GApplication is the core class for application support.

since: 2.28

GApplicationCommandLine represents a command-line invocation of an application.

Buffered input stream implements GFilterInputStream and provides for buffered reads.

Buffered output stream implements GFilterOutputStream and provides for buffered writes.

GBytesIcon specifies an image held in memory in a common format (usually PNG) to be used as icon.

since: 2.38

GCancellable allows operations to be cancelled.

GCharsetConverter is an implementation of GConverter based on GIConv.

Converter input stream implements GInputStream and allows conversion of data of various types during reading.

Converter output stream implements GOutputStream and allows conversion of data of various types during reading.

The GCredentials type is a reference-counted wrapper for native credentials.

since: 2.26

Data input stream implements GInputStream and includes functions for reading structured data directly from a binary input stream.

Data output stream implements GOutputStream and includes functions for writing data directly to an output stream.

GDBusActionGroup is an implementation of the GActionGroup interface.

GDBusAuthObserver provides a mechanism for participating in how a GDBusServer (or a GDBusConnection) authenticates remote peers.

since: 2.26

The GDBusConnection type is used for D-Bus connections to remote peers such as a message buses.

since: 2.26

Abstract base class for D-Bus interfaces on the service side.

since: 2.30

GDBusMenuModel is an implementation of GMenuModel that can be used as a proxy for a menu model that is exported over D-Bus with g_dbus_connection_export_menu_model().

A type for representing D-Bus messages that can be sent or received on a GDBusConnection.

since: 2.26

Instances of the GDBusMethodInvocation class are used when handling D-Bus method calls. It provides a way to asynchronously return results and errors.

since: 2.26

GDBusObjectManagerClient is used to create, monitor and delete object proxies for remote objects exported by a GDBusObjectManagerServer (or any code implementing the org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager interface).

since: 2.30

GDBusObjectManagerServer is used to export GDBusObject instances using the standardized org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager interface. For example, remote D-Bus clients can get all objects and properties in a single call. Additionally, any change in the object hierarchy is broadcast using signals. This means that D-Bus clients can keep caches up to date by only listening to D-Bus signals.

since: 2.30

A GDBusObjectProxy is an object used to represent a remote object with one or more D-Bus interfaces. Normally, you don’t instantiate a GDBusObjectProxy yourself — typically GDBusObjectManagerClient is used to obtain it.

since: 2.30

A GDBusObjectSkeleton instance is essentially a group of D-Bus interfaces. The set of exported interfaces on the object may be dynamic and change at runtime.

since: 2.30

GDBusProxy is a base class used for proxies to access a D-Bus interface on a remote object. A GDBusProxy can be constructed for both well-known and unique names.

since: 2.26

GDBusServer is a helper for listening to and accepting D-Bus connections. This can be used to create a new D-Bus server, allowing two peers to use the D-Bus protocol for their own specialized communication. A server instance provided in this way will not perform message routing or implement the org.freedesktop.DBus interface.

since: 2.26

GDebugControllerDBus is an implementation of GDebugController which exposes debug settings as a D-Bus object.

since: 2.72

GDesktopAppInfo is an implementation of GAppInfo based on desktop files.

GEmblem is an implementation of GIcon that supports having an emblem, which is an icon with additional properties. It can than be added to a GEmblemedIcon.

GEmblemedIcon is an implementation of GIcon that supports adding an emblem to an icon. Adding multiple emblems to an icon is ensured via g_emblemed_icon_add_emblem().

GFileEnumerator allows you to operate on a set of GFile objects, returning a GFileInfo structure for each file enumerated (e.g. g_file_enumerate_children() will return a GFileEnumerator for each of the children within a directory).

GFileIcon specifies an icon by pointing to an image file to be used as icon.

Stores information about a file system object referenced by a GFile.

GFileInputStream provides input streams that take their content from a file.

GFileIOStream provides I/O streams that both read and write to the same file handle.

since: 2.22

Monitors a file or directory for changes.

Completes partial file and directory names given a partial string by looking in the file system for clues. Can return a list of possible completion strings for widget implementations.

GFileOutputStream provides output streams that write their content to a file.

Base class for input stream implementations that perform some kind of filtering operation on a base stream. Typical examples of filtering operations are character set conversion, compression and byte order flipping.

Base class for output stream implementations that perform some kind of filtering operation on a base stream. Typical examples of filtering operations are character set conversion, compression and byte order flipping.

GInetAddress represents an IPv4 or IPv6 internet address. Use g_resolver_lookup_by_name() or g_resolver_lookup_by_name_async() to look up the GInetAddress for a hostname. Use g_resolver_lookup_by_address() or g_resolver_lookup_by_address_async() to look up the hostname for a GInetAddress.

GInetAddressMask represents a range of IPv4 or IPv6 addresses described by a base address and a length indicating how many bits of the base address are relevant for matching purposes. These are often given in string form. For example, 10.0.0.0/8, or fe80::/10.

since: 2.32

An IPv4 or IPv6 socket address. That is, the combination of a GInetAddress and a port number.

GInputStream is a base class for implementing streaming input.

Provides an interface and default functions for loading and unloading modules. This is used internally to make GIO extensible, but can also be used by others to implement module loading.

GIOStream represents an object that has both read and write streams. Generally the two streams act as separate input and output streams, but they share some common resources and state. For instance, for seekable streams, both streams may use the same position.

since: 2.22

GListStore is a simple implementation of GListModel that stores all items in memory.

GMemoryInputStream is a class for using arbitrary memory chunks as input for GIO streaming input operations.

GMemoryOutputStream is a class for using arbitrary memory chunks as output for GIO streaming output operations.

GMenu is a simple implementation of GMenuModel. You populate a GMenu by adding GMenuItem instances to it.

since: 2.32

GMenuAttributeIter is an opaque structure type. You must access it using the functions below.

since: 2.32

GMenuItem is an opaque structure type. You must access it using the functions below.

since: 2.32

GMenuLinkIter is an opaque structure type. You must access it using the functions below.

since: 2.32

GMenuModel represents the contents of a menu — an ordered list of menu items. The items are associated with actions, which can be activated through them. Items can be grouped in sections, and may have submenus associated with them. Both items and sections usually have some representation data, such as labels or icons. The type of the associated action (ie whether it is stateful, and what kind of state it has) can influence the representation of the item.

since: 2.32

GMountOperation provides a mechanism for interacting with the user. It can be used for authenticating mountable operations, such as loop mounting files, hard drive partitions or server locations. It can also be used to ask the user questions or show a list of applications preventing unmount or eject operations from completing.

A socket address of some unknown native type.

since: 2.46

GNetworkAddress provides an easy way to resolve a hostname and then attempt to connect to that host, handling the possibility of multiple IP addresses and multiple address families.

Like GNetworkAddress does with hostnames, GNetworkService provides an easy way to resolve a SRV record, and then attempt to connect to one of the hosts that implements that service, handling service priority/weighting, multiple IP addresses, and multiple address families.

GNotification is a mechanism for creating a notification to be shown to the user — typically as a pop-up notification presented by the desktop environment shell.

since: 2.40

GOutputStream is a base class for implementing streaming output.

A GPermission represents the status of the caller’s permission to perform a certain action.

A GPropertyAction is a way to get a GAction with a state value reflecting and controlling the value of a GObject property.

since: 2.38

A GInetSocketAddress representing a connection via a proxy server.

since: 2.26

GProxyAddressEnumerator is a wrapper around GSocketAddressEnumerator which takes the GSocketAddress instances returned by the GSocketAddressEnumerator and wraps them in GProxyAddress instances, using the given GProxyAddressEnumerator:proxy-resolver.

The object that handles DNS resolution. Use g_resolver_get_default() to get the default resolver.

The GSettings class provides a convenient API for storing and retrieving application settings.

The GSettingsBackend interface defines a generic interface for non-strictly-typed data that is stored in a hierarchy. To implement an alternative storage backend for GSettings, you need to implement the GSettingsBackend interface and then make it implement the extension point G_SETTINGS_BACKEND_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME.

A GSimpleAction is the obvious simple implementation of the GAction interface. This is the easiest way to create an action for purposes of adding it to a GSimpleActionGroup.

GSimpleActionGroup is a hash table filled with GAction objects, implementing the GActionGroup and GActionMap interfaces.

since: 2.28

As of GLib 2.46, GSimpleAsyncResult is deprecated in favor of GTask, which provides a simpler API.

GSimpleIOStream creates a GIOStream from an arbitrary GInputStream and GOutputStream. This allows any pair of input and output streams to be used with GIOStream methods.

since: 2.44

GSimplePermission is a trivial implementation of GPermission that represents a permission that is either always or never allowed. The value is given at construction and doesn’t change.

GSimpleProxyResolver is a simple GProxyResolver implementation that handles a single default proxy, multiple URI-scheme-specific proxies, and a list of hosts that proxies should not be used for.

since: 2.36

A GSocket is a low-level networking primitive. It is a more or less direct mapping of the BSD socket API in a portable GObject based API. It supports both the UNIX socket implementations and winsock2 on Windows.

since: 2.22

GSocketAddress is the equivalent of struct sockaddr and its subtypes in the BSD sockets API. This is an abstract class; use GInetSocketAddress for internet sockets, or GUnixSocketAddress for UNIX domain sockets.

GSocketAddressEnumerator is an enumerator type for GSocketAddress instances. It is returned by enumeration functions such as g_socket_connectable_enumerate(), which returns a GSocketAddressEnumerator to list each GSocketAddress which could be used to connect to that GSocketConnectable.

GSocketClient is a lightweight high-level utility class for connecting to a network host using a connection oriented socket type.

since: 2.22

GSocketConnection is a GIOStream for a connected socket. They can be created either by GSocketClient when connecting to a host, or by GSocketListener when accepting a new client.

since: 2.22

A GSocketControlMessage is a special-purpose utility message that can be sent to or received from a GSocket. These types of messages are often called ‘ancillary data’.

since: 2.22

A GSocketListener is an object that keeps track of a set of server sockets and helps you accept sockets from any of the socket, either sync or async.

since: 2.22

A GSocketService is an object that represents a service that is provided to the network or over local sockets. When a new connection is made to the service the GSocketService::incoming signal is emitted.

since: 2.22

GSubprocess allows the creation of and interaction with child processes.

since: 2.40

This class contains a set of options for launching child processes, such as where its standard input and output will be directed, the argument list, the environment, and more.

since: 2.40

A GTask represents and manages a cancellable ‘task’.

This is the subclass of GSocketConnection that is created for TCP/IP sockets.

since: 2.22

A GTcpWrapperConnection can be used to wrap a GIOStream that is based on a GSocket, but which is not actually a GSocketConnection. This is used by GSocketClient so that it can always return a GSocketConnection, even when the connection it has actually created is not directly a GSocketConnection.

since: 2.28

A helper class for testing code which uses D-Bus without touching the user’s session bus.

since: 2.34

GThemedIcon is an implementation of GIcon that supports icon themes.

GThreadedResolver is an implementation of GResolver which calls the libc lookup functions in threads to allow them to run asynchronously.

since: 2.20

A GThreadedSocketService is a simple subclass of GSocketService that handles incoming connections by creating a worker thread and dispatching the connection to it by emitting the [signal@Gio.ThreadedSocketService::run signal] in the new thread.

since: 2.22

A certificate used for TLS authentication and encryption. This can represent either a certificate only (eg, the certificate received by a client from a server), or the combination of a certificate and a private key (which is needed when acting as a GTlsServerConnection).

since: 2.28

GTlsConnection is the base TLS connection class type, which wraps a GIOStream and provides TLS encryption on top of it. Its subclasses, GTlsClientConnection and GTlsServerConnection, implement client-side and server-side TLS, respectively.

since: 2.28

GTlsDatabase is used to look up certificates and other information from a certificate or key store. It is an abstract base class which TLS library specific subtypes override.

since: 2.30

GTlsInteraction provides a mechanism for the TLS connection and database code to interact with the user. It can be used to ask the user for passwords.

since: 2.30

An abstract interface representing a password used in TLS. Often used in user interaction such as unlocking a key storage token.

since: 2.30

This is the subclass of GSocketConnection that is created for UNIX domain sockets.

since: 2.22

This GSocketControlMessage contains a GCredentials instance. It may be sent using g_socket_send_message() and received using g_socket_receive_message() over UNIX sockets (ie: sockets in the G_SOCKET_FAMILY_UNIX family).

since: 2.26

A GUnixFDList contains a list of file descriptors. It owns the file descriptors that it contains, closing them when finalized.

Support for UNIX-domain (also known as local) sockets, corresponding to struct sockaddr_un.

Entry point for using GIO functionality.

GVolumeMonitor is for listing the user interesting devices and volumes on the computer. In other words, what a file selector or file manager would show in a sidebar.

GZlibCompressor is an implementation of GConverter that compresses data using zlib.

GZlibDecompressor is an implementation of GConverter that decompresses data compressed with zlib.

GAction represents a single named action.

GActionGroup represents a group of actions.

GActionMap is an interface for action containers.

since: 2.32

Information about an installed application and methods to launch it (with file arguments).

GAsyncInitable is an interface for asynchronously initializable objects.

since: 2.22

GAsyncResult provides a base class for implementing asynchronous function results.

GConverter is an interface for streaming conversions.

since: 2.24

Interface for socket-like objects with datagram semantics.

since: 2.48

Base type for D-Bus interfaces.

since: 2.30

The GDBusObject type is the base type for D-Bus objects on both the service side (see GDBusObjectSkeleton) and the client side (see GDBusObjectProxy). It is essentially just a container of interfaces.

The GDBusObjectManager type is the base type for service- and client-side implementations of the standardized org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager interface.

GDebugController is an interface to expose control of debugging features and debug output.

since: 2.72

GDesktopAppInfoLookup is an opaque data structure and can only be accessed using the following functions.

deprecated: 2.28 

GDrive represents a piece of hardware connected to the machine. It’s generally only created for removable hardware or hardware with removable media. For example, an optical disc drive, or a USB flash drive.

GDtlsClientConnection is the client-side subclass of GDtlsConnection, representing a client-side DTLS connection.

since: 2.48

GDtlsConnection is the base DTLS connection class type, which wraps a GDatagramBased and provides DTLS encryption on top of it. Its subclasses, GDtlsClientConnection and GDtlsServerConnection, implement client-side and server-side DTLS, respectively.

since: 2.48

GDtlsServerConnection is the server-side subclass of GDtlsConnection, representing a server-side DTLS connection.

since: 2.48

GFile is a high level abstraction for manipulating files on a virtual file system. GFiles are lightweight, immutable objects that do no I/O upon creation. It is necessary to understand that GFile objects do not represent files, merely an identifier for a file. All file content I/O is implemented as streaming operations (see GInputStream and GOutputStream).

GFileDescriptorBased is an interface for file descriptor based IO.

since: 2.24

GIcon is a very minimal interface for icons. It provides functions for checking the equality of two icons, hashing of icons and serializing an icon to and from strings.

GInitable is implemented by objects that can fail during initialization. If an object implements this interface then it must be initialized as the first thing after construction, either via g_initable_init() or g_async_initable_init_async() (the latter is only available if it also implements GAsyncInitable).

since: 2.22

GListModel is an interface that represents a mutable list of GObject. Its main intention is as a model for various widgets in user interfaces, such as list views, but it can also be used as a convenient method of returning lists of data, with support for updates.

GLoadableIcon extends the GIcon interface and adds the ability to load icons from streams.

GMemoryMonitor will monitor system memory and suggest to the application when to free memory so as to leave more room for other applications. It is implemented on Linux using the Low Memory Monitor (API documentation).

since: 2.64

The GMount interface represents a user-visible mount, such as a mounted file system.

GNetworkMonitor provides an easy-to-use cross-platform API for monitoring network connectivity. On Linux, the available implementations are based on the kernel’s netlink interface and on NetworkManager.

since: 2.32

GPollableInputStream is implemented by GInputStreams that can be polled for readiness to read. This can be used when interfacing with a non-GIO API that expects UNIX-file-descriptor-style asynchronous I/O rather than GIO-style.

since: 2.28

GPollableOutputStream is implemented by GOutputStreams that can be polled for readiness to write. This can be used when interfacing with a non-GIO API that expects UNIX-file-descriptor-style asynchronous I/O rather than GIO-style.

since: 2.28

GPowerProfileMonitor makes it possible for applications as well as OS components to monitor system power profiles and act upon them. It currently only exports whether the system is in “Power Saver” mode (known as “Low Power” mode on some systems).

since: 2.70

A GProxy handles connecting to a remote host via a given type of proxy server. It is implemented by the gio-proxy extension point. The extensions are named after their proxy protocol name. As an example, a SOCKS5 proxy implementation can be retrieved with the name socks5 using the function g_io_extension_point_get_extension_by_name().

since: 2.26

GProxyResolver provides synchronous and asynchronous network proxy resolution. GProxyResolver is used within GSocketClient through the method g_socket_connectable_proxy_enumerate().

since: 2.26

The GRemoteActionGroup interface is implemented by GActionGroup instances that either transmit action invocations to other processes or receive action invocations in the local process from other processes.

since: 2.32

GSeekable is implemented by streams (implementations of GInputStream or GOutputStream) that support seeking.

Objects that describe one or more potential socket endpoints implement GSocketConnectable. Callers can then use g_socket_connectable_enumerate() to get a GSocketAddressEnumerator to try out each socket address in turn until one succeeds, as shown in the sample code below.

TLS (Transport Layer Security, aka SSL) and DTLS backend. This is an internal type used to coordinate the different classes implemented by a TLS backend.

since: 2.28

GTlsClientConnection is the client-side subclass of GTlsConnection, representing a client-side TLS connection.

since: 2.28

GTlsFileDatabase is implemented by GTlsDatabase objects which load their certificate information from a file. It is an interface which TLS library specific subtypes implement.

since: 2.30

GTlsServerConnection is the server-side subclass of GTlsConnection, representing a server-side TLS connection.

since: 2.28

The GVolume interface represents user-visible objects that can be mounted. For example, a file system partition on a USB flash drive, or an optical disc inserted into a disc drive.

This struct defines a single action. It is for use with g_action_map_add_action_entries().

Information about an annotation.

since: 2.26

Information about an argument for a method or a signal.

since: 2.26

Struct used in g_dbus_error_register_error_domain().

since: 2.26

Information about a D-Bus interface.

since: 2.26

Virtual table for handling properties and method calls for a D-Bus interface.

since: 2.26

Information about a method on a D-Bus interface.

since: 2.26

Information about nodes in a remote object hierarchy.

since: 2.26

Information about a D-Bus property on a D-Bus interface.

since: 2.26

Information about a signal on a D-Bus interface.

since: 2.26

Virtual table for handling subtrees registered with g_dbus_connection_register_subtree().

since: 2.26

Information about a specific attribute.

Acts as a lightweight registry for possible valid file attributes. The registry stores Key-Value pair formats as GFileAttributeInfos.

Determines if a string matches a file attribute.

Structure used for scatter/gather data input when receiving multiple messages or packets in one go. You generally pass in an array of empty GInputVectors and the operation will use all the buffers as if they were one buffer, and will set bytes_received to the total number of bytes received across all GInputVectors.

since: 2.48

Structure used for scatter/gather data input. You generally pass in an array of GInputVectors and the operation will store the read data starting in the first buffer, switching to the next as needed.

since: 2.22

GIOExtension is an opaque data structure and can only be accessed using the following functions.

GIOExtensionPoint provides a mechanism for modules to extend the functionality of the library or application that loaded it in an organized fashion.

Represents a scope for loading IO modules. A scope can be used for blocking duplicate modules, or blocking a module you don’t want to load.

since: 2.30

Opaque class for defining and scheduling IO jobs.

deprecated: 2.36 

Structure used for scatter/gather data output when sending multiple messages or packets in one go. You generally pass in an array of GOutputVectors and the operation will use all the buffers as if they were one buffer.

since: 2.44

Structure used for scatter/gather data output. You generally pass in an array of GOutputVectors and the operation will use all the buffers as if they were one buffer.

since: 2.22

Applications and libraries often contain binary or textual data that is really part of the application, rather than user data. For instance GtkBuilder .ui files, splashscreen images, GMenu markup XML, CSS files, icons, etc. These are often shipped as files in $datadir/appname, or manually included as literal strings in the code.

since: 2.32

The GSettingsSchemaSource and GSettingsSchema APIs provide a mechanism for advanced control over the loading of schemas and a mechanism for introspecting their content.

since: 2.32

GSettingsSchemaKey is an opaque data structure and can only be accessed using the following functions.

This is an opaque structure type. You may not access it directly.

since: 2.32

A single target host/port that a network service is running on.

GStaticResource is an opaque data structure and can only be accessed using the following functions.

An enumeration for well-known message buses.

since: 2.26

Results returned from g_converter_convert().

since: 2.24

Enumeration describing different kinds of native credential types.

since: 2.26

GDataStreamByteOrder is used to ensure proper endianness of streaming data sources across various machine architectures.

GDataStreamNewlineType is used when checking for or setting the line endings for a given file.

Enumeration used to describe the byte order of a D-Bus message.

since: 2.26

Header fields used in GDBusMessage.

since: 2.26

Message types used in GDBusMessage.

since: 2.26

Enumeration describing how a drive can be started/stopped.

since: 2.22

GEmblemOrigin is used to add information about the origin of the emblem to GEmblem.

since: 2.18

Used by g_file_set_attributes_from_info() when setting file attributes.

The data types for file attributes.

Specifies what type of event a monitor event is.

Indicates a hint from the file system whether files should be previewed in a file manager. Returned as the value of the key G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_USE_PREVIEW.

Indicates the file’s on-disk type.

Flags for use with g_io_module_scope_new().

since: 2.30

Memory availability warning levels.

since: 2.64

GMountOperationResult is returned as a result when a request for information is send by the mounting operation.

The host’s network connectivity state, as reported by GNetworkMonitor.

since: 2.44

Priority levels for GNotifications.

since: 2.42

GPasswordSave is used to indicate the lifespan of a saved password.

Return value for various IO operations that signal errors via the return value and not necessarily via a GError.

since: 2.60

The type of record that g_resolver_lookup_records() or g_resolver_lookup_records_async() should retrieve. The records are returned as lists of GVariant tuples. Each record type has different values in the variant tuples returned.

since: 2.34

Describes an event occurring on a GSocketClient. See the GSocketClient::event signal for more details.

since: 2.32

The protocol family of a GSocketAddress. (These values are identical to the system defines AF_INET, AF_INET6 and AF_UNIX, if available.).

since: 2.22

Describes an event occurring on a GSocketListener. See the GSocketListener::event signal for more details.

since: 2.46

A protocol identifier is specified when creating a GSocket, which is a family/type specific identifier, where 0 means the default protocol for the particular family/type.

since: 2.22

Flags used when creating a GSocket. Some protocols may not implement all the socket types.

since: 2.22

The client authentication mode for a GTlsServerConnection.

since: 2.28

Flags for g_tls_interaction_request_certificate(), g_tls_interaction_request_certificate_async(), and g_tls_interaction_invoke_request_certificate().

since: 2.40

The type of TLS channel binding data to retrieve from GTlsConnection or GDtlsConnection, as documented by RFC 5929 or RFC 9266. The tls-unique-for-telnet binding type is not currently implemented.

since: 2.66

Flags for g_tls_database_lookup_certificate_for_handle(), g_tls_database_lookup_certificate_issuer(), and g_tls_database_lookup_certificates_issued_by().

since: 2.30

GTlsInteractionResult is returned by various functions in GTlsInteraction when finishing an interaction request.

since: 2.30

The TLS or DTLS protocol version used by a GTlsConnection or GDtlsConnection. The integer values of these versions are sequential to ensure newer known protocol versions compare greater than older known versions. Any known DTLS protocol version will compare greater than any SSL or TLS protocol version. The protocol version may be G_TLS_PROTOCOL_VERSION_UNKNOWN if the TLS backend supports a newer protocol version that GLib does not yet know about. This means that it’s possible for an unknown DTLS protocol version to compare less than the TLS protocol versions.

since: 2.70

When to allow rehandshaking. See g_tls_connection_set_rehandshake_mode().

deprecated: 2.60. since: 2.28

The type of name used by a GUnixSocketAddress. G_UNIX_SOCKET_ADDRESS_PATH indicates a traditional unix domain socket bound to a filesystem path. G_UNIX_SOCKET_ADDRESS_ANONYMOUS indicates a socket not bound to any name (eg, a client-side socket, or a socket created with socketpair()).

since: 2.26

Used to select the type of data format to use for GZlibDecompressor and GZlibCompressor.

since: 2.24

Flags used when creating a GAppInfo.

Flags used to define the behaviour of a GApplication.

since: 2.28

GAskPasswordFlags are used to request specific information from the user, or to notify the user of their choices in an authentication situation.

Flags used in g_bus_own_name().

since: 2.26

Flags used in g_bus_watch_name().

since: 2.26

Flags used when calling a g_converter_convert().

since: 2.24

Flags used in g_dbus_connection_call() and similar APIs.

since: 2.26

Capabilities negotiated with the remote peer.

since: 2.26

Flags used when creating a new GDBusConnection.

since: 2.26

Flags describing the behavior of a GDBusInterfaceSkeleton instance.

since: 2.30

Message flags used in GDBusMessage.

since: 2.26

Flags used when constructing a GDBusObjectManagerClient.

since: 2.30

Flags describing the access control of a D-Bus property.

since: 2.26

Flags used when constructing an instance of a GDBusProxy derived class.

since: 2.26

Flags used when sending GDBusMessages on a GDBusConnection.

since: 2.26

Flags used when creating a GDBusServer.

since: 2.26

Flags used when subscribing to signals via g_dbus_connection_signal_subscribe().

since: 2.26

Flags passed to g_dbus_connection_register_subtree().

since: 2.26

Flags used when starting a drive.

since: 2.22

Flags specifying the behaviour of an attribute.

Flags used when copying or moving files.

Flags used when an operation may create a file.

Flags that can be used with g_file_measure_disk_usage().

since: 2.38

Flags used to set what a GFileMonitor will watch for.

Flags used when querying a GFileInfo.

GIOStreamSpliceFlags determine how streams should be spliced.

since: 2.28

Flags used when mounting a mount.

Flags used when an unmounting a mount.

GOutputStreamSpliceFlags determine how streams should be spliced.

Flags to modify lookup behavior.

since: 2.60

GResourceFlags give information about a particular file inside a resource bundle.

since: 2.32

GResourceLookupFlags determine how resource path lookups are handled.

since: 2.32

Flags used when creating a binding.

Flags used in g_socket_receive_message() and g_socket_send_message(). The flags listed in the enum are some commonly available flags, but the values used for them are the same as on the platform, and any other flags are passed in/out as is. So to use a platform specific flag, just include the right system header and pass in the flag.

since: 2.22

Flags to define the behaviour of a GSubprocess.

since: 2.40

Flags to define future GTestDBus behaviour.

since: 2.34

A set of flags describing TLS certification validation. This can be used to describe why a particular certificate was rejected (for example, in GTlsConnection::accept-certificate).

since: 2.28

Flags for g_tls_database_verify_chain().

since: 2.30

Various flags for the password.

since: 2.30

Error codes for the G_DBUS_ERROR error domain.

since: 2.26

Error codes returned by GIO functions.

An error code used with G_RESOLVER_ERROR in a GError returned from a GResolver routine.

since: 2.22

An error code used with G_RESOURCE_ERROR in a GError returned from a GResource routine.

since: 2.32

An error code used with G_TLS_CHANNEL_BINDING_ERROR in a GError to indicate a TLS channel binding retrieval error.

since: 2.66

An error code used with G_TLS_ERROR in a GError returned from a TLS-related routine.

since: 2.28

Type definition for a function that will be called back when an asynchronous operation within GIO has been completed. GAsyncReadyCallback callbacks from GTask are guaranteed to be invoked in a later iteration of the thread-default main context (see g_main_context_push_thread_default()) where the GTask was created. All other users of GAsyncReadyCallback must likewise call it asynchronously in a later iteration of the main context.

Invoked when a connection to a message bus has been obtained.

since: 2.26

Invoked when the name is acquired.

since: 2.26

Invoked when the name being watched is known to have to have an owner.

since: 2.26

Invoked when the name is lost or connection has been closed.

since: 2.26

Invoked when the name being watched is known not to have to have an owner.

since: 2.26

This is the function type of the callback used for the GSource returned by g_cancellable_source_new().

since: 2.28

This is the function type of the callback used for the GSource returned by g_datagram_based_create_source().

since: 2.48

The type of the get_property function in GDBusInterfaceVTable.

since: 2.26

The type of the method_call function in GDBusInterfaceVTable.

since: 2.26

The type of the set_property function in GDBusInterfaceVTable.

since: 2.26

Signature for function used in g_dbus_connection_add_filter().

since: 2.26

Function signature for a function used to determine the GType to use for an interface proxy (if interface_name is not NULL) or object proxy (if interface_name is NULL).

since: 2.30

Signature for callback function used in g_dbus_connection_signal_subscribe().

since: 2.26

The type of the dispatch function in GDBusSubtreeVTable.

since: 2.26

The type of the enumerate function in GDBusSubtreeVTable.

since: 2.26

The type of the introspect function in GDBusSubtreeVTable.

since: 2.26

During invocation, g_desktop_app_info_launch_uris_as_manager() may create one or more child processes. This callback is invoked once for each, providing the process ID.

This callback type is used by g_file_measure_disk_usage() to make periodic progress reports when measuring the amount of disk spaced used by a directory.

since: 2.38

When doing file operations that may take a while, such as moving a file or copying a file, a progress callback is used to pass how far along that operation is to the application.

When loading the partial contents of a file with g_file_load_partial_contents_async(), it may become necessary to determine if any more data from the file should be loaded. A GFileReadMoreCallback function facilitates this by returning TRUE if more data should be read, or FALSE otherwise.

I/O Job function.

deprecated: 2.36 

This is the function type of the callback used for the GSource returned by g_pollable_input_stream_create_source() and g_pollable_output_stream_create_source().

since: 2.28

Changes the size of the memory block pointed to by data to size bytes.

The type for the function that is used to convert from GSettings to an object property.

The type for the function that is used to convert an object property value to a GVariant for storing it in GSettings.

The type of the function that is used to convert from a value stored in a GSettings to a value that is useful to the application.

Simple thread function that runs an asynchronous operation and checks for cancellation.

This is the function type of the callback used for the GSource returned by g_socket_create_source().

since: 2.22

The prototype for a task function to be run in a thread via g_task_run_in_thread() or g_task_run_in_thread_sync().

since: 2.36

This function type is used by g_vfs_register_uri_scheme() to make it possible for a client to associate a URI scheme to a different GFile implementation.

since: 2.50

Asynchronously connects to the message bus specified by bus_type.

since: 2.26

Finishes an operation started with g_bus_get().

since: 2.26

Synchronously connects to the message bus specified by bus_type. Note that the returned object may shared with other callers, e.g. if two separate parts of a process calls this function with the same bus_type, they will share the same object.

since: 2.26

Requests ownership of name on the bus specified by bus_type.

since: 2.26

Like g_bus_own_name() but takes a GDBusConnection instead of a GBusType.

since: 2.26

Version of g_bus_own_name_on_connection() using closures instead of callbacks for easier binding in other languages.

since: 2.26

Version of [func@Gio.bus_own_name using closures instead of callbacks for easier binding in other languages.

since: 2.26

Stops owning a name.

since: 2.26

Stops watching a name.

since: 2.26

Starts watching name on the bus specified by bus_type and calls name_appeared_handler and name_vanished_handler when the name is known to have an owner respectively known to lose its owner. Callbacks will be invoked in the thread-default main context (see g_main_context_push_thread_default()) of the thread you are calling this function from.

since: 2.26

Like g_bus_watch_name() but takes a GDBusConnection instead of a GBusType.

since: 2.26

Version of g_bus_watch_name_on_connection() using closures instead of callbacks for easier binding in other languages.

since: 2.26

Version of g_bus_watch_name() using closures instead of callbacks for easier binding in other languages.

since: 2.26

If subscription_id_pointer points to a nonzero subscription ID, unsubscribe from that D-Bus signal subscription as if via g_dbus_connection_signal_unsubscribe().

since: 2.84

Checks if a content type can be executable. Note that for instance things like text files can be executables (i.e. scripts and batch files).

Compares two content types for equality.

Tries to find a content type based on the mime type name.

since: 2.18

Gets the human readable description of the content type.

Gets the generic icon name for a content type.

since: 2.34

Gets the icon for a content type.

Get the list of directories which MIME data is loaded from. See g_content_type_set_mime_dirs() for details.

since: 2.60

Gets the mime type for the content type, if one is registered.

Gets the symbolic icon for a content type.

since: 2.34

Guesses the content type based on example data. If the function is uncertain, result_uncertain will be set to TRUE. Either filename or data may be NULL, in which case the guess will be based solely on the other argument.

Tries to guess the type of the tree with root root, by looking at the files it contains. The result is an array of content types, with the best guess coming first.

since: 2.18

Determines if type is a subset of supertype.

Determines if type is a subset of mime_type. Convenience wrapper around g_content_type_is_a().

since: 2.52

Checks if the content type is the generic “unknown” type. On UNIX this is the “application/octet-stream” mimetype, while on win32 it is “*” and on OSX it is a dynamic type or octet-stream.

Set the list of directories used by GIO to load the MIME database. If dirs is NULL, the directories used are the default:.

since: 2.60

Gets a list of strings containing all the registered content types known to the system. The list and its data should be freed using g_list_free_full (list, g_free).

Escape string so it can appear in a D-Bus address as the value part of a key-value pair.

since: 2.36

Synchronously looks up the D-Bus address for the well-known message bus instance specified by bus_type. This may involve using various platform specific mechanisms.

since: 2.26

Asynchronously connects to an endpoint specified by address and sets up the connection so it is in a state to run the client-side of the D-Bus authentication conversation. address must be in the D-Bus address format.

since: 2.26

Finishes an operation started with g_dbus_address_get_stream().

since: 2.26

Synchronously connects to an endpoint specified by address and sets up the connection so it is in a state to run the client-side of the D-Bus authentication conversation. address must be in the D-Bus address format.

since: 2.26

This is a language binding friendly version of g_dbus_escape_object_path_bytestring().

since: 2.68

Escapes bytes for use in a D-Bus object path component. bytes is an array of zero or more nonzero bytes in an unspecified encoding, followed by a single zero byte.

since: 2.68

Generate a D-Bus GUID that can be used with e.g. g_dbus_connection_new().

since: 2.26

Converts a GValue to a GVariant of the type indicated by the type parameter.

since: 2.30

Converts a GVariant to a GValue. If value is floating, it is consumed.

since: 2.30

Checks if string is a D-Bus address.

since: 2.26

Check whether string is a valid D-Bus error name.

since: 2.70

Checks if string is a D-Bus GUID.

since: 2.26

Checks if string is a valid D-Bus interface name.

since: 2.26

Checks if string is a valid D-Bus member (e.g. signal or method) name.

since: 2.26

Checks if string is a valid D-Bus bus name (either unique or well-known).

since: 2.26

Like g_dbus_is_address() but also checks if the library supports the transports in string and that key/value pairs for each transport are valid. See the specification of the D-Bus address format.

since: 2.26

Checks if string is a valid D-Bus unique bus name.

since: 2.26

Unescapes an string that was previously escaped with g_dbus_escape_object_path(). If the string is in a format that could not have been returned by g_dbus_escape_object_path(), this function returns NULL.

since: 2.68

Converts errno.h error codes into GIO error codes.

Converts GFileError error codes into GIO error codes.

since: 2.74

Gets the GIO Error Quark.

Loads all the modules in the specified directory.

Loads all the modules in the specified directory.

since: 2.30

Scans all the modules in the specified directory, ensuring that any extension point implemented by a module is registered.

since: 2.24

Scans all the modules in the specified directory, ensuring that any extension point implemented by a module is registered.

since: 2.30

Cancels all cancellable I/O jobs.

deprecated: 2.36 

Schedules the I/O job to run in another thread.

deprecated: 2.36 

Creates a keyfile-backed GSettingsBackend.

Creates a memory-backed GSettingsBackend.

since: 2.28

Initializes the platform networking libraries (eg, on Windows, this calls WSAStartup()). GLib will call this itself if it is needed, so you only need to call it if you directly call system networking functions (without calling any GLib networking functions first).

since: 2.36

Creates a readonly GSettingsBackend.

since: 2.28

Utility method for GPollableInputStream and GPollableOutputStream implementations. Creates a new GSource that expects a callback of type GPollableSourceFunc. The new source does not actually do anything on its own; use g_source_add_child_source() to add other sources to it to cause it to trigger.

since: 2.28

Utility method for GPollableInputStream and GPollableOutputStream implementations. Creates a new GSource, as with g_pollable_source_new(), but also attaching child_source (with a dummy callback), and cancellable, if they are non-NULL.

since: 2.34

Tries to read from stream, as with g_input_stream_read() (if blocking is TRUE) or g_pollable_input_stream_read_nonblocking() (if blocking is FALSE). This can be used to more easily share code between blocking and non-blocking implementations of a method.

since: 2.34

Tries to write to stream, as with g_output_stream_write() (if blocking is TRUE) or g_pollable_output_stream_write_nonblocking() (if blocking is FALSE). This can be used to more easily share code between blocking and non-blocking implementations of a method.

since: 2.34

Tries to write count bytes to stream, as with g_output_stream_write_all(), but using g_pollable_stream_write() rather than g_output_stream_write().

since: 2.34

Returns all the names of children at the specified path in the set of globally registered resources.

since: 2.32

Looks for a file at the specified path in the set of globally registered resources and if found returns information about it.

since: 2.32

Returns whether the specified path in the set of globally registered resources has children.

since: 2.84

Looks for a file at the specified path in the set of globally registered resources and returns a GBytes that lets you directly access the data in memory.

since: 2.32

Looks for a file at the specified path in the set of globally registered resources and returns a GInputStream that lets you read the data.

since: 2.32

Registers the resource with the process-global set of resources.

since: 2.32

Unregisters the resource from the process-global set of resources.

since: 2.32

Reports an error in an asynchronous function in an idle function by directly setting the contents of the GAsyncResult with the given error information.

deprecated: 2.46 

Reports an error in an idle function. Similar to g_simple_async_report_error_in_idle(), but takes a GError rather than building a new one.

deprecated: 2.46 

Reports an error in an idle function. Similar to g_simple_async_report_gerror_in_idle(), but takes over the caller’s ownership of error, so the caller does not have to free it any more.

deprecated: 2.46 since: 2.28

The value returned by handlers of the signals generated by the gdbus-codegen tool to indicate that a method call has been handled by an implementation. It is equal to TRUE, but using this macro is sometimes more readable.

The value returned by handlers of the signals generated by the gdbus-codegen tool to indicate that a method call has not been handled by an implementation. It is equal to FALSE, but using this macro is sometimes more readable.

Extension point for debug control functionality. See Extending GIO.

Extension point for default handler to URI association. See Extending GIO.

deprecated: 2.28 

The string used to obtain a Unix device path with g_drive_get_identifier().

A key in the “access” namespace for checking deletion privileges.

A key in the “access” namespace for getting execution privileges.

A key in the “access” namespace for getting read privileges.

A key in the “access” namespace for checking renaming privileges.

A key in the “access” namespace for checking trashing privileges.

A key in the “access” namespace for getting write privileges.

A key in the “dos” namespace for checking if the file’s archive flag is set.

A key in the “dos” namespace for checking if the file is a NTFS mount point (a volume mount or a junction point).

A key in the “dos” namespace for checking if the file’s backup flag is set.

A key in the “dos” namespace for getting the file NTFS reparse tag.

A key in the “etag” namespace for getting the value of the file’s entity tag.

A key in the “filesystem” namespace for getting the number of bytes of free space left on the file system.

A key in the “filesystem” namespace for checking if the file system is read only.

A key in the “filesystem” namespace for checking if the file system is remote.

A key in the “filesystem” namespace for getting the total size (in bytes) of the file system, used in g_file_query_filesystem_info().

A key in the “filesystem” namespace for getting the file system’s type.

A key in the “filesystem” namespace for hinting a file manager application whether it should preview (e.g. thumbnail) files on the file system.

A key in the “filesystem” namespace for getting the number of bytes used by data on the file system.

A key in the “gvfs” namespace that gets the name of the current GVFS backend in use.

A key in the “id” namespace for getting a file identifier.

A key in the “id” namespace for getting the file system identifier.

A key in the “mountable” namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) can be ejected.

A key in the “mountable” namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) is mountable.

A key in the “mountable” namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) can be polled.

A key in the “mountable” namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) can be started.

A key in the “mountable” namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) can be started degraded.

A key in the “mountable” namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) can be stopped.

A key in the “mountable” namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) is unmountable.

A key in the “mountable” namespace for getting the HAL UDI for the mountable file.

A key in the “mountable” namespace for checking if a file (of type G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE) is automatically polled for media.

A key in the “mountable” namespace for getting the GDriveStartStopType.

A key in the “mountable” namespace for getting the unix device.

A key in the “mountable” namespace for getting the unix device file.

A key in the “owner” namespace for getting the file owner’s group.

A key in the “owner” namespace for getting the user name of the file’s owner.

A key in the “owner” namespace for getting the real name of the user that owns the file.

A key in the “preview” namespace for getting a GIcon that can be used to get preview of the file.

A key in the “recent” namespace for getting time, when the metadata for the file in recent:/// was last changed.

A key in the “selinux” namespace for getting the file’s SELinux context.

A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the amount of disk space that is consumed by the file (in bytes).

A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the content type of the file.

A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the copy name of the file.

A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the description of the file.

A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the display name of the file.

A key in the “standard” namespace for edit name of the file.

A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the fast content type.

A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the icon for the file.

A key in the “standard” namespace for checking if a file is a backup file.

A key in the “standard” namespace for checking if a file is hidden.

A key in the “standard” namespace for checking if the file is a symlink. Typically the actual type is something else, if we followed the symlink to get the type.

A key in the “standard” namespace for checking if a file is virtual.

A key in the “standard” namespace for checking if a file is volatile. This is meant for opaque, non-POSIX-like backends to indicate that the URI is not persistent. Applications should look at G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_SYMLINK_TARGET for the persistent URI.

A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the name of the file.

A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the file’s size (in bytes).

A key in the “standard” namespace for setting the sort order of a file.

A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the symbolic icon for the file.

A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the symlink target, if the file is a symlink.

A key in the “standard” namespace for getting the target URI for the file, in the case of G_FILE_TYPE_SHORTCUT or G_FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE files.

A key in the “standard” namespace for storing file types.

A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking whether the thumbnail is outdated.

A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking whether the large thumbnail is outdated.

A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking whether the normal thumbnail is outdated.

A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking whether the x-large thumbnail is outdated.

A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking whether the xx-large thumbnail is outdated.

A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for getting the path to the thumbnail image with the biggest size available.

A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for getting the path to the large thumbnail image.

A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for getting the path to the normal thumbnail image.

A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for getting the path to the x-large thumbnail image.

A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for getting the path to the xx-large thumbnail image.

A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking if thumbnailing failed.

A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking if thumbnailing failed for the large image.

A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking if thumbnailing failed for the normal image.

A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking if thumbnailing failed for the x-large image.

A key in the “thumbnail” namespace for checking if thumbnailing failed for the xx-large image.

A key in the “time” namespace for getting the time the file was last accessed.

A key in the “time” namespace for getting the nanoseconds of the time the file was last accessed. This should be used in conjunction with

G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_ACCESS. Corresponding GFileAttributeType is

G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT32.

A key in the “time” namespace for getting the microseconds of the time the file was last accessed.

A key in the “time” namespace for getting the time the file was last changed.

A key in the “time” namespace for getting the nanoseconds of the time the file was last changed. This should be used in conjunction with

G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_CHANGED. Corresponding GFileAttributeType is

G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT32.

A key in the “time” namespace for getting the microseconds of the time the file was last changed.

A key in the “time” namespace for getting the time the file was created.

A key in the “time” namespace for getting the nanoseconds of the time the file was created. This should be used in conjunction with

G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_CREATED. Corresponding GFileAttributeType is

G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT32.

A key in the “time” namespace for getting the microseconds of the time the file was created.

A key in the “time” namespace for getting the time the file was last modified.

A key in the “time” namespace for getting the nanoseconds of the time the file was last modified. This should be used in conjunction with

G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_MODIFIED. Corresponding GFileAttributeType is

G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT32.

A key in the “time” namespace for getting the microseconds of the time the file was last modified.

A key in the “trash” namespace for getting the deletion date and time of a file inside the trash:/// folder.

A key in the “trash” namespace for getting the number of (toplevel) items that are present in the trash:/// folder.

A key in the “trash” namespace for getting the original path of a file inside the trash:/// folder before it was trashed.

A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the block size for the file system.

A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the number of blocks allocated for the file.

A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the device id of the device the file is located on (see stat() documentation).

A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the group ID for the file.

A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the inode of the file.

A key in the “unix” namespace for checking if the file represents a UNIX mount point.

A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the mode of the file (e.g. whether the file is a regular file, symlink, etc).

A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the number of hard links for a file.

A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the device ID for the file (if it is a special file).

A key in the “unix” namespace for getting the user ID for the file.

Extension point for memory usage monitoring functionality. See Extending GIO.

The menu item attribute which holds the action name of the item. Action names are namespaced with an identifier for the action group in which the action resides. For example, “win.” for window-specific actions and “app.” for application-wide actions.

The menu item attribute that holds the namespace for all action names in menus that are linked from this item.

The menu item attribute which holds the icon of the item.

The menu item attribute which holds the label of the item.

The menu item attribute which holds the target with which the item’s action will be activated.

The maximum number of entries in a menu section supported by g_dbus_connection_export_menu_model().

The name of the link that associates a menu item with a section. The linked menu will usually be shown in place of the menu item, using the item’s label as a header.

The name of the link that associates a menu item with a submenu.

Extension point for network status monitoring functionality. See Extending GIO.

Extension point for power profile usage monitoring functionality. See Extending GIO.

Extension point for proxy functionality. See Extending GIO.

Extension point for proxy resolving functionality. See Extending GIO.

Extension point for GSettingsBackend functionality.

Extension point for TLS functionality via GTlsBackend. See Extending GIO.

The purpose used to verify the client certificate in a TLS connection. Used by TLS servers.

The purpose used to verify the server certificate in a TLS connection. This is the most common purpose in use. Used by TLS clients.

Extension point for GVfs functionality. See Extending GIO.

The string used to obtain the volume class with g_volume_get_identifier().

The string used to obtain a Hal UDI with g_volume_get_identifier().

deprecated: 2.58 

The string used to obtain a filesystem label with g_volume_get_identifier().

The string used to obtain a NFS mount with g_volume_get_identifier().

The string used to obtain a Unix device path with g_volume_get_identifier().

The string used to obtain a UUID with g_volume_get_identifier().

Extension point for volume monitor functionality. See Extending GIO.