Directory Operations

Name

Directory Operations -- reading the contents of directories

Synopsis



enum        GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitOptions;
gboolean    (*GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitFunc)   (const gchar *rel_path,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfo *info,
                                             gboolean recursing_will_loop,
                                             gpointer data,
                                             gboolean *recurse);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_open     (GnomeVFSDirectoryHandle **handle,
                                             const gchar *text_uri,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfoOptions options);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_open_from_uri
                                            (GnomeVFSDirectoryHandle **handle,
                                             GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfoOptions options);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_read_next
                                            (GnomeVFSDirectoryHandle *handle,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfo *file_info);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_close    (GnomeVFSDirectoryHandle *handle);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_visit    (const gchar *uri,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfoOptions info_options,
                                             GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitOptions visit_options,
                                             GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitFunc callback,
                                             gpointer data);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_visit_uri
                                            (GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfoOptions info_options,
                                             GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitOptions visit_options,
                                             GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitFunc callback,
                                             gpointer data);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_visit_files
                                            (const gchar *text_uri,
                                             GList *file_list,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfoOptions info_options,
                                             GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitOptions visit_options,
                                             GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitFunc callback,
                                             gpointer data);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_visit_files_at_uri
                                            (GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             GList *file_list,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfoOptions info_options,
                                             GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitOptions visit_options,
                                             GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitFunc callback,
                                             gpointer data);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_list_load
                                            (GList **list,
                                             const gchar *text_uri,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfoOptions options);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_make_directory_for_uri
                                            (GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             guint perm);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_make_directory     (const gchar *text_uri,
                                             guint perm);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_remove_directory_from_uri
                                            (GnomeVFSURI *uri);
GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_remove_directory   (const gchar *text_uri);

Description

Details

enum GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitOptions

typedef enum {
	GNOME_VFS_DIRECTORY_VISIT_DEFAULT = 0,
	GNOME_VFS_DIRECTORY_VISIT_SAMEFS = 1 << 0,
	GNOME_VFS_DIRECTORY_VISIT_LOOPCHECK = 1 << 1
} GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitOptions;


GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitFunc ()

gboolean    (*GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitFunc)   (const gchar *rel_path,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfo *info,
                                             gboolean recursing_will_loop,
                                             gpointer data,
                                             gboolean *recurse);

rel_path :

info :

recursing_will_loop :

data :

recurse :

Returns :


gnome_vfs_directory_open ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_open     (GnomeVFSDirectoryHandle **handle,
                                             const gchar *text_uri,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfoOptions options);

Open directory text_uri for reading. On return, @*handle will point to a GnomeVFSDirectoryHandle object which can be used to read the directory entries one by one.

handle :

A pointer to a pointer to a GnomeVFSDirectoryHandle object

text_uri :

String representing the URI to open

options :

Options for reading file information

Returns :

An integer representing the result of the operation


gnome_vfs_directory_open_from_uri ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_open_from_uri
                                            (GnomeVFSDirectoryHandle **handle,
                                             GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfoOptions options);

Open directory text_uri for reading. On return, @*handle will point to a GnomeVFSDirectoryHandle object which can be used to read the directory entries one by one.

handle :

A pointer to a pointer to a GnomeVFSDirectoryHandle object

uri :

URI to open

options :

Options for reading file information

Returns :

An integer representing the result of the operation.


gnome_vfs_directory_read_next ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_read_next
                                            (GnomeVFSDirectoryHandle *handle,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfo *file_info);

Read the next directory entry from handle.

handle :

A directory handle

file_info :

Pointer to a GnomeVFSFileInfo struct where the data about the entry will be stored

Returns :

An integer value representing the result of the operation.


gnome_vfs_directory_close ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_close    (GnomeVFSDirectoryHandle *handle);

Close handle.

handle :

A directory handle.

Returns :

An integer representing the result of the operation.


gnome_vfs_directory_visit ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_visit    (const gchar *uri,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfoOptions info_options,
                                             GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitOptions visit_options,
                                             GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitFunc callback,
                                             gpointer data);

Visit uri, retrieving information as specified by info_options.

uri :

URI to start from

info_options :

Options specifying what kind of file information must be retrieved

visit_options :

Options specifying the type of visit

callback :

Callback to be called for every visited file

data :

Data to be passed to callback at each iteration

Returns :


gnome_vfs_directory_visit_uri ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_visit_uri
                                            (GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfoOptions info_options,
                                             GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitOptions visit_options,
                                             GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitFunc callback,
                                             gpointer data);

Visit uri, retrieving information as specified by info_options.

uri :

URI to start from

info_options :

Options specifying what kind of file information must be retrieved

visit_options :

Options specifying the type of visit

callback :

Callback to be called for every visited file

data :

Data to be passed to callback at each iteration

Returns :

A result code indicating whether the operation succeeded.


gnome_vfs_directory_visit_files ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_visit_files
                                            (const gchar *text_uri,
                                             GList *file_list,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfoOptions info_options,
                                             GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitOptions visit_options,
                                             GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitFunc callback,
                                             gpointer data);

Fetches information about a list of files in a base URI uri.

text_uri :

string representing the URI of a directory to "visit" the files in

file_list :

GList of char *s of file names in uri to visit

info_options :

bitmask controlling the type of information to fetch

visit_options :

options controlling e.g. loop prevention, and filesystem checks. Affects the way visiting is done.

callback :

function to call with the file info structs

data :

data to pass to callback.

Returns :

a GnomeVFSResult indication the success of the operation


gnome_vfs_directory_visit_files_at_uri ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_visit_files_at_uri
                                            (GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             GList *file_list,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfoOptions info_options,
                                             GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitOptions visit_options,
                                             GnomeVFSDirectoryVisitFunc callback,
                                             gpointer data);

Fetches information about a list of files in a base URI uri.

uri :

URI of a directory to "visit" the files in

file_list :

GList of char *s of file names in uri to visit

info_options :

bitmask controlling the type of information to fetch

visit_options :

options controlling e.g. loop prevention, and filesystem checks. Affects the way visiting is done.

callback :

function to call with the file info structs

data :

data to pass to callback.

Returns :

a GnomeVFSResult indication the success of the operation


gnome_vfs_directory_list_load ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_directory_list_load
                                            (GList **list,
                                             const gchar *text_uri,
                                             GnomeVFSFileInfoOptions options);

Load a directory from text_uri with the specified options into a list.

list :

An address of a pointer to a list of GnomeVFSFileInfo

text_uri :

A text URI

options :

Options for loading the directory

Returns :

An integer representing the result of the operation.


gnome_vfs_make_directory_for_uri ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_make_directory_for_uri
                                            (GnomeVFSURI *uri,
                                             guint perm);

Create a directory at uri. Only succeeds if a file or directory does not already exist at uri.

uri :

URI of the directory to be created

perm :

Unix-style permissions for the newly created directory

Returns :

An integer representing the result of the operation


gnome_vfs_make_directory ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_make_directory     (const gchar *text_uri,
                                             guint perm);

Create text_uri as a directory.

text_uri :

URI of the directory to be created

perm :

Unix-style permissions for the newly created directory

Returns :

An integer representing the result of the operation


gnome_vfs_remove_directory_from_uri ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_remove_directory_from_uri
                                            (GnomeVFSURI *uri);

Remove uri. uri must be an empty directory.

uri :

URI of the directory to be removed

Returns :

An integer representing the result of the operation


gnome_vfs_remove_directory ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_remove_directory   (const gchar *text_uri);

Remove text_uri. text_uri must be an empty directory.

text_uri :

URI of the directory to be removed

Returns :

An integer representing the result of the operation