FileIF.monitor

Obtains a file or directory monitor for the given file, depending on the type of the file.

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.

Parameters

flags GFileMonitorFlags

a set of #GFileMonitorFlags

cancellable Cancellable

optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore

Return: a #GFileMonitor for the given @file, or %NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref().

Throws

GException on failure.

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Since

2.18