GLib.FileUtils

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public bool get_contents (string filename, out string contents, out size_t length = null) throws FileError
public bool set_contents (string filename, string contents, ssize_t length = -1) 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 bool set_data (string filename, uint8[] contents) throws FileError
Writes all of contents to a file named filename, with good error checking.
public bool test (string filename, FileTest test)
Returns true if any of the tests in the bitfield test are true.
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 error_from_errno (int err_no)
Gets a FileError constant based on the passed-in err_no.
public int mkstemp (string tmpl)
Opens a temporary file.
public int rename (string oldfilename, string newfilename)
public int remove (string filename)
public int unlink (string filename)
A wrapper for the POSIX unlink function.
public int chmod (string filename, int mode)
public int utime (string filename, UTimBuf? times = null)
public int symlink (string oldpath, string newpath)
Creates a symbolic link
public int close (int fd)
close closes a file descriptor, so that it no longer refers to any file and may be reused.