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.

Parameters

path

Type: 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

Type: 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

Type: gsize*

A location for the size, not including trailing \0

The argument will be set by the function.
error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.
If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.
The argument will left initialized to NULL by the function if there are no errors.
In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: gboolean

TRUE if successful; otherwise FALSE and error is set.