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 called 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 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.