FileT.setAttributeString

Sets @attribute of type %G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_STRING to @value. If @attribute is of a different type, this operation will fail.

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
setAttributeString
(
string attribute
,
string value
,
GFileQueryInfoFlags flags
,
Cancellable cancellable
)

Parameters

attribute string

a string containing the attribute's name

value string

a string containing the attribute's value

flags GFileQueryInfoFlags

#GFileQueryInfoFlags

cancellable Cancellable

optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore

Return Value

Type: bool

%TRUE if the @attribute was successfully set, %FALSE otherwise.

Throws

GException on failure.

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