File.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.

class File
int
setAttributeString

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. [allow-none]

Return Value

Type: int

TRUE if the attribute was successfully set, FALSE otherwise.

Throws

GException on failure.

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