Function
Ideg_host_file_get_contents
Declaration
gboolean
ide_g_host_file_get_contents (
const gchar* path,
gchar** contents,
gsize* len,
GError** error
)
Description
This is similar to g_file_get_contents()
but ensures that we get
the file from the host, rather than our mount namespace.
Parameters
path
-
Type:
const gchar*
The path on the host.
The data is owned by the caller of the function. The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string. contents
-
Type:
gchar**
A location for the contents.
The argument will be set by the function. The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it. The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string. len
-
Type:
gsize*
A location for the size, not including trailing \0
The argument will be set by the function. error
-
Type:
GError **
The return location for a recoverable error.
The argument can be NULL
.If the return location is not NULL
, then you must initialize it to aNULL
GError*
.The argument will be left initialized to NULL
by the function if there are no errors.In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError
; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.