FileT.setAttribute

Sets an attribute in the file with attribute name attribute to value_p.

Some attributes can be unset by setting type to gio.types.FileAttributeType.Invalid and value_p to null.

If cancellable is not null, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error gio.types.IOErrorEnum.Cancelled will be returned.

template FileT()

override

bool

setAttribute

(

string attribute

gio.types.FileAttributeType type

void* valueP

gio.types.FileQueryInfoFlags flags

gio.cancellable.Cancellable cancellable = null

)

Parameters

attribute string: a string containing the attribute's name
type gio.types.FileAttributeType: The type of the attribute
valueP void*: a pointer to the value (or the pointer itself if the type is a pointer type)
flags gio.types.FileQueryInfoFlags: a set of #GFileQueryInfoFlags
cancellable gio.cancellable.Cancellable: optional #GCancellable object, null to ignore

Return Value

Type: bool

true if the attribute was set, false otherwise.

gio file_mixin FileT functions