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.

Available since:3.32

Parameters

path 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 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 gsize*
 

A location for the size, not including trailing \0

 The argument will be set by the function.
error GError **
  The return location for a GError*, or NULL.

Return value

Returns: gboolean
 

TRUE if successful; otherwise FALSE and error is set.