FileT.setAttribute

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

Some attributes can be unset by setting type to G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_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 G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

template FileT(TStruct)

bool

setAttribute

(

string attribute

GFileAttributeType type

void* valueP

GFileQueryInfoFlags flags

Cancellable cancellable

)

Parameters

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

Return Value

Type: bool

TRUE if the attribute was set, FALSE otherwise.

Throws

GException on failure.

gio FileT FileT functions