GIOFlags

Specifies properties of a glib.IOChannel Some of the flags can only be read with g_io_channel_get_flags(), but not changed with g_io_channel_set_flags().

Values

ValueMeaning
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)

IS_READABLE4

indicates that the io channel is readable. This flag cannot be changed.

IS_WRITABLE8

indicates that the io channel is writable. This flag cannot be changed.

IS_WRITEABLE8

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

IS_SEEKABLE16

indicates that the io channel is seekable, i.e. that g_io_channel_seek_position() can be used on it. This flag cannot be changed.

MASK31

the mask that specifies all the valid flags.

GET_MASK31

the mask of the flags that are returned from g_io_channel_get_flags()

SET_MASK3

the mask of the flags that the user can modify with g_io_channel_set_flags()