| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| None0 | no special flags set. Since: 2.74 |
| Append1 | turns on append mode, corresponds to O_APPEND (see the documentation of the UNIX open() syscall) |
| Nonblock2 | turns on nonblocking mode, corresponds to O_NONBLOCK/O_NDELAY (see the documentation of the UNIX open() syscall) |
| IsReadable4 | indicates that the io channel is readable. This flag cannot be changed. |
| IsWritable8 | indicates that the io channel is writable. This flag cannot be changed. |
| IsWriteable8 | a misspelled version of @G_IO_FLAG_IS_WRITABLE that existed before the spelling was fixed in GLib 2.30. It is kept here for compatibility reasons. Deprecated since 2.30 |
| IsSeekable16 | indicates that the io channel is seekable, i.e. that glib.iochannel.IOChannel.seekPosition can be used on it. This flag cannot be changed. |
| Mask31 | the mask that specifies all the valid flags. |
| GetMask31 | the mask of the flags that are returned from glib.iochannel.IOChannel.getFlags |
| SetMask3 | the mask of the flags that the user can modify with glib.iochannel.IOChannel.setFlags |
Specifies properties of a #GIOChannel. Some of the flags can only be read with glib.iochannel.IOChannel.getFlags, but not changed with glib.iochannel.IOChannel.setFlags.