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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title>gio.File</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="PyGObject Reference Manual"><link rel="up" href="gio-class-reference.html" title="PyGio Class Reference"><link rel="prev" href="class-gioemblemedicon.html" title="gio.EmblemedIcon"><link rel="next" href="class-giofileattributeinfo.html" title="gio.FileAttributeInfo"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">gio.File</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="class-gioemblemedicon.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">PyGio Class Reference</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="class-giofileattributeinfo.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry" title="gio.File"><a name="class-giofile"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>gio.File</h2><p>gio.File — File and Directory Handling.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Synopsis"><a name="id418550"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2><table bgcolor="#D0E0F0" width="100%"><tr><td><pre class="classsynopsis">class <span class="ooclass"><span class="classname">gio.File</span></span>(<span class="ooclass"><span class="classname"><a class="link" href="class-gobjectginterface.html" title="gobject.GInterface">gobject.GInterface</a></span></span>):
<code class="constructorsynopsis">    <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#constructor-giofile" title="Constructor">gio.File</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>commandline</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>path</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>uri</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--append-to" title="gio.File.append_to">append_to</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--append-to-async" title="gio.File.append_to_async">append_to_async</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--append-to-finish" title="gio.File.append_to_finish">append_to_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--copy" title="gio.File.copy">copy</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>destination</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>progress_callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_COPY_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--copy-async" title="gio.File.copy_async">copy_async</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>destination</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>progress_callback</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>progress_callback_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--copy-attributes" title="gio.File.copy_attributes">copy_attributes</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>destination</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_COPY_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--copy-finish" title="gio.File.copy_finish">copy_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--create" title="gio.File.create">create</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--create-async" title="gio.File.create_async">create_async</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--create-finish" title="gio.File.create_finish">create_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--delete" title="gio.File.delete">delete</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--dup" title="gio.File.dup">dup</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--eject-mountable" title="gio.File.eject_mountable">eject_mountable</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--eject-mountable-finish" title="gio.File.eject_mountable_finish">eject_mountable_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--enumerate-children" title="gio.File.enumerate_children">enumerate_children</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--enumerate-children-async" title="gio.File.enumerate_children_async">enumerate_children_async</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--enumerate-children-finish" title="gio.File.eject_mountable_finish">enumerate_children_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--equal" title="gio.File.equal">equal</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>file2</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--find-enclosing-mount" title="gio.File.find_enclosing_mount">find_enclosing_mount</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--find-enclosing-mount-async" title="gio.File.find_enclosing_mount_async">find_enclosing_mount_async</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--find-enclosing-mount-finish" title="gio.File.find_enclosing_mount_finish">find_enclosing_mount_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-basename" title="gio.File.get_basename">get_basename</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-child" title="gio.File.get_child">get_child</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>name</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-child-for-display-name" title="gio.File.get_child_for_display_name">get_child_for_display_name</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>display_name</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-parent" title="gio.File.get_parent">get_parent</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-parse-name" title="gio.File.get_parse_name">get_parse_name</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-path" title="gio.File.get_path">get_path</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-relative-path" title="gio.File.get_relative_path">get_relative_path</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>descendant</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-uri" title="gio.File.get_uri">get_uri</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-uri-scheme" title="gio.File.get_uri_scheme">get_uri_scheme</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--has-prefix" title="gio.File.has_prefix">has_prefix</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>prefix</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--has-uri-scheme" title="gio.File.has_uri_scheme">has_uri_scheme</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>uri_scheme</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--is-native" title="gio.File.is_native">is_native</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--load-contents" title="gio.File.load_contents">load_contents</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--load-contents-async" title="gio.File.load_contents_async">load_contents_async</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--load-contents-finish" title="gio.File.load_contents_finish">load_contents_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--make-directory" title="gio.File.make_directory">make_directory</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--make-directory-with-parents" title="gio.File.make_directory_with_parents">make_directory_with_parents</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--make-symbolic-link" title="gio.File.make_symbolic_link">make_symbolic_link</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>symlink_value</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--monitor" title="gio.File.monitor">monitor</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_MONITOR_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--monitor-directory" title="gio.File.monitor_directory">monitor_directory</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--monitor-file" title="gio.File.monitor_file">monitor_file</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--mount-enclosing-volume" title="gio.File.mount_enclosing_volume">mount_enclosing_volume</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>mount_operation</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.MOUNT_MOUNT_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--mount-enclosing-volume-finish" title="gio.File.mount_enclosing_volume_finish">mount_enclosing_volume_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--mount-mountable" title="gio.File.mount_mountable">mount_mountable</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>mount_operation</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.MOUNT_MOUNT_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--mount-mountable-finish" title="gio.File.mount_mountable_finish">mount_mountable_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--move" title="gio.File.move">move</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>destination</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>progress_callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_COPY_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-default-handler" title="gio.File.query_default_handler">query_default_handler</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-exists" title="gio.File.query_exists">query_exists</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-file-type" title="gio.File.query_file_type">query_file_type</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-filesystem-info" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info">query_filesystem_info</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-filesystem-info-async" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info_async">query_filesystem_info_async</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-filesystem-info-finish" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info_finish">query_filesystem_info_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-info" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info">query_info</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-info-async" title="gio.File.query_info_async">query_info_async</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-info-finish" title="gio.File.query_info_finish">query_info_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-settable-attributes" title="gio.File.query_settable_attributes">query_settable_attributes</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-writable-namespace" title="gio.File.query_writable_namespace">query_writable_namespace</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--read" title="gio.File.read">read</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--read-async" title="gio.File.read_async">read_async</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--read-finish" title="gio.File.read_finish">read_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--replace" title="gio.File.replace">replace</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>etag</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>make_backup</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--replace-async" title="gio.File.replace_async">replace_async</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>etag</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>make_backup</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=True</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--replace-contents" title="gio.File.replace_contents">replace_contents</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>contents</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>etag</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>make_backup</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=True</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--replace-contents-async" title="gio.File.replace_contents_async">replace_contents_async</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>contents</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>etag</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>make_backup</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=True</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--replace-contents-finish" title="gio.File.replace_contents_finish">replace_contents_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--replace-finish" title="gio.File.replace_finish">replace_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--resolve-relative-path" title="gio.File.resolve_relative_path">resolve_relative_path</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>relative_path</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-attribute" title="gio.File.set_attribute">set_attribute</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>type</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>value_p</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-attribute-byte-string" title="gio.File.set_attribute_byte_string">set_attribute_byte_string</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>value</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-attribute-int32" title="gio.File.set_attribute_int32">set_attribute_int32</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>value</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-attribute-int64" title="gio.File.set_attribute_int64">set_attribute_int64</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>value</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-attribute-string" title="gio.File.set_attribute_string">set_attribute_string</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>value</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-attribute-uint32" title="gio.File.set_attribute_uint32">set_attribute_uint32</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>value</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-attribute-uint64" title="gio.File.set_attribute_uint64">set_attribute_uint64</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>value</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-attributes-async" title="gio.File.set_attributes_async">set_attributes_async</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>info</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-attributes-finish" title="gio.File.set_attributes_finish">set_attributes_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-attributes-from-info" title="gio.File.set_attributes_from_info">set_attributes_from_info</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>info</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-display-name" title="gio.File.set_display_name">set_dispay_name</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>display_name</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-display-name-async" title="gio.File.set_display_name_async">set_display_name_async</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>display_name</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-display-name-finish" title="gio.File.set_display_name_finish">set_display_name_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--trash" title="gio.File.trash">trash</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--unmount-mountable" title="gio.File.unmount_mountable">unmount_mountable</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.MOUNT_UNMOUNT_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--unmount-mountable-finish" title="gio.File.unmount_mountable_finish">unmount_mountable_finish</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code><br></pre></td></tr></table><pre class="programlisting">
<span class="bold"><strong>Functions</strong></span>
<code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#function-gio--file-parse-name" title="gio.file_parse_name">gio.file_parse_name</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>parse_name</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre></div><div class="refsect1" title="Ancestry"><a name="id442206"></a><h2>Ancestry</h2><pre class="synopsis">+-- <a class="link" href="class-gobjectginterface.html" title="gobject.GInterface">gobject.GInterface</a>
  +-- <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File">gio.File</a>
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" title="Prerequisites"><a name="id441365"></a><h2>Prerequisites</h2><p>
            <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a> is implemented by
            <a class="link" href="class-gobject.html" title="gobject.GObject"><code class="classname">gobject.GObject</code></a>
        </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Description"><a name="id417179"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
            <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a> is a high
            level abstraction for manipulating files on a virtual file system.
            <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>s are lightweight,
            immutable objects that do no I/O upon creation. It is necessary to understand that
            <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
            objects do not represent files, merely an identifier for a file. All file content
            I/O is implemented as streaming operations (see
            <a class="link" href="class-gioinputstream.html" title="gio.InputStream"><code class="classname">gio.InputStream</code></a> and
            <a class="link" href="class-giooutputstream.html" title="gio.OutputStream"><code class="classname">gio.OutputStream</code></a>). 
        </p><p>
            To construct a <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>, you can use
            it's constructor either with a path, an uri or a commandline argument.
            <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#function-gio--file-parse-name" title="gio.file_parse_name">gio.file_parse_name</a></code>()
            from a utf8 string gotten from
            <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-parse-name" title="gio.File.get_parse_name">gio.File.get_parse_name</a></code>().
        </p><p>
            One way to think of a <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a> is as
            an abstraction of a pathname. For normal files the system pathname is what is stored internally,
            but as <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>s are extensible it
            could also be something else that corresponds to a pathname in a userspace implementation of a filesystem. 
        </p><p>
            <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>s make up hierarchies of
            directories and files that correspond to the files on a filesystem. You can move through the
            file system with GFile using
            <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-parent" title="gio.File.get_parent">gio.File.get_parent</a></code>()
            to get an identifier for the parent directory,
            <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-child" title="gio.File.get_child">gio.File.get_child</a></code>()
            to get a child within a directory,
            <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--resolve-relative-path" title="gio.File.resolve_relative_path">gio.File.resolve_relative_path</a></code>()
            to resolve a relative path between two <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>s.
            There can be multiple hierarchies, so you may not end up at the same root if you repeatedly call
            <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-parent" title="gio.File.get_parent">gio.File.get_parent</a></code>()
            on two different files. 
        </p><p>
            All <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>s have a basename (get with
            <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-basename" title="gio.File.get_basename">gio.File.get_basename</a></code>()
            ). These names are byte strings that are used to identify the file on the filesystem
            (relative to its parent directory) and there is no guarantees that they have any particular charset
            encoding or even make any sense at all. If you want to use filenames in a user interface you should
            use the display name that you can get by requesting the gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_DISPLAY_NAME attribute with
            <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-info" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info">gio.File.query_info</a></code>().
            This is guaranteed to be in utf8 and can be used in a user interface. But always store the real basename or the
            GFile to use to actually access the file, because there is no way to go from a display name to the actual name. 
        </p><p>
            Using <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a> as an identifier has the same
            weaknesses as using a path in that there may be multiple aliases for the same file. For instance,
            hard or soft links may cause two different <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>s
            to refer to the same file. Other possible causes for aliases are: case insensitive filesystems, short and
            long names on Fat/NTFS, or bind mounts in Linux. If you want to check if two GFiles point to the same file
            you can query for the gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ID_FILE attribute. Note that
            <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a> does some trivial canonicalization
            of pathnames passed in, so that trivial differences in the path string used at creation
            (duplicated slashes, slash at end of path, "." or ".." path segments, etc) does not create different
            <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>s. 
        </p><p>
            Many <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a> operations have both synchronous
            and asynchronous versions to suit your application. Asynchronous versions of synchronous functions simply
            have _async() appended to their function names. The asynchronous I/O functions call a
            GAsyncReadyCallback which is then used to finalize the operation, producing a GAsyncResult
            which is then passed to the function's matching _finish() operation. 
        </p><p>
            Some <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a> operations do not have
            synchronous analogs, as they may take a very long time to finish, and blocking may leave an application
            unusable. Notable cases include:
            <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--mount-mountable" title="gio.File.mount_mountable">gio.File.mount_mountable</a></code>()
            to mount a mountable file.
            <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--unmount-mountable" title="gio.File.unmount_mountable">gio.File.unmount_mountable</a></code>()
            to unmount a mountable file.
            <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--eject-mountable" title="gio.File.eject_mountable">gio.File.eject_mountable</a></code>()
            to eject a mountable file. 
        </p><p>
            One notable feature of <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>s are
            entity tags, or "etags" for short. Entity tags are somewhat like a more abstract
            version of the traditional mtime, and can be used to quickly determine if the file
            has been modified from the version on the file system. See the HTTP 1.1
            specification for HTTP Etag headers, which are a very similar concept. 
        </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Constructor"><a name="constructor-giofile"></a><h2>Constructor</h2><pre class="programlisting"><code class="constructorsynopsis">    <span class="methodname">gio.File</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>commandline</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>path</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>uri</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>commandline</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a command line string. 
                </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>path</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing a relative or absolute path.
                </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>uri</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing a URI.
                </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a new
                <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>.
                </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
            Creates a new <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a> either from a commandline,
            a path or an uri.
        </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Methods"><a name="id374828"></a><h2>Methods</h2><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.append_to"><a name="method-giofile--append-to"></a><h3>gio.File.append_to</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">append_to</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-create-flags-constants" title="Gio File Create Flags Constants">Gio File Create Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofileoutputstream.html" title="gio.FileOutputStream"><code class="classname">gio.FileOutputStream</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> on error.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">append_to</code>() method gets an output stream for
                appending data to the file. If the file doesn't already exist it is created. 
            </p><p>
                By default files created are generally readable by everyone, but if you pass
                gio.FILE_CREATE_PRIVATE in flags the file will be made readable only to the
                current user, to the level that is supported on the target filesystem. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be
                cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If
                the operation was cancelled, the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p><p>
                Some file systems don't allow all file names, and may return an
                gio.ERROR_INVALID_FILENAME error. If the file is a directory the
                gio.ERROR_IS_DIRECTORY error will be returned. Other errors are possible too,
                and depend on what kind of filesystem the file is on.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.append_to_async"><a name="method-giofile--append-to-async"></a><h3>gio.File.append_to_async</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">append_to_async</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-create-flags-constants" title="Gio File Create Flags Constants">Gio File Create Flags Constants</a>.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the
                    <a class="xref" href="glib-constants.html#glib-priority-constants" title="Glib Priority Constants">Glib Priority Constants</a>
                    of the request. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">append_to_async</code>() method asynchronously opens file for appending. 
            </p><p>
                For more details, see
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--append-to" title="gio.File.append_to">gio.File.append_to</a></code>()
                which is the synchronous version of this call. 
            </p><p>
                When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--append-to-finish" title="gio.File.append_to_finish">gio.File.append_to_finish</a></code>()
                to get the result of the operation.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.append_to_finish"><a name="method-giofile--append-to-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.append_to_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">append_to_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a valid
                    <a class="link" href="class-giooutputstream.html" title="gio.OutputStream"><code class="classname">gio.OutputStream</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> on error.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">append_to_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                file append operation started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--append-to-async" title="gio.File.append_to_async">gio.File.append_to_async</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.copy"><a name="method-giofile--copy"></a><h3>gio.File.copy</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">copy</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>destination</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>progress_callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_COPY_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>destination</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>destination <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>progress_callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>function to callback with progress information.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-copy-flags-constants" title="Gio File Copy Flags Constants">Gio File Copy Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to the progress callback function.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> on success,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">copy</code>() method copies the file source to
                the location specified by destination. Can not handle recursive copies of directories. 
            </p><p>
                If the flag gio.FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE is specified an already existing
                destination file is overwritten. 
            </p><p>
                If the flag gio.FILE_COPY_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS is specified then symlinks will
                be copied as symlinks, otherwise the target of the source symlink will be copied. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled
                by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled,
                the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p><p>
                If progress_callback is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be
                monitored by setting this to a GFileProgressCallback function. user_data
                will be passed to this function. It is guaranteed that this callback will be
                called after all data has been transferred with the total number of bytes
                copied during the operation. 
            </p><p>
                If the source file does not exist then the gio.ERROR_NOT_FOUND error is returned,
                independent on the status of the destination. 
            </p><p>
                If gio.FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE is not specified and the target exists,
                then the error gio.ERROR_EXISTS is returned. 
            </p><p>
                If trying to overwrite a file over a directory the gio.ERROR_IS_DIRECTORY error
                is returned. If trying to overwrite a directory with a directory the
                gio.ERROR_WOULD_MERGE error is returned. 
            </p><p>
                If the source is a directory and the target does not exist, or gio.FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE
                is specified and the target is a file, then the gio.ERROR_WOULD_RECURSE error is returned. 
            </p><p>
                If you are interested in copying the
                <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a> object
                itself (not the on-disk file), see
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--dup" title="gio.File.dup">gio.File.dup</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.copy_async"><a name="method-giofile--copy-async"></a><h3>gio.File.copy_async</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">append_to_async</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>destination</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>progress_callback</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>progress_callback_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>destination</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>destination <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>progress_callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>function to callback with progress information.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-copy-flags-constants" title="Gio File Copy Flags Constants">Gio File Copy Flags Constants</a>.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the
                    <a class="xref" href="glib-constants.html#glib-priority-constants" title="Glib Priority Constants">Glib Priority Constants</a>
                    of the request. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to callback function.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>progress_callback_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to the progress callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">copy_async</code>() method copies the file source to
                the location specified by destination asynchronously. For details of the behaviour,
                see <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--copy" title="gio.File.copy">gio.File.copy</a></code>(). 
            </p><p>
                If progress_callback is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then that function that will
                be called just like in
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--copy" title="gio.File.copy">gio.File.copy</a></code>(),
                however the callback will run in the main loop, not in the thread that is doing the I/O operation. 
            </p><p>
                When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--copy-finish" title="gio.File.copy_finish">gio.File.copy_finish</a></code>()
                to get the result of the operation.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.copy_attributes"><a name="method-giofile--copy-attributes"></a><h3>gio.File.copy_attributes</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">copy_attributes</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>destination</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_COPY_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>destination</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>destination <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
                    to copy attributes to.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-copy-flags-constants" title="Gio File Copy Flags Constants">Gio File Copy Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the attributes were copied successfully,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">copy_attributes</code>() method copies the file attributes
                from source to destination. 
            </p><p>
                Normally only a subset of the file attributes are copied, those that are copies
                in a normal file copy operation (which for instance does not include e.g. owner).
                However if gio.FILE_COPY_ALL_METADATA is specified in flags, then all the metadata
                that is possible to copy is copied. This is useful when implementing move by copy + delete source.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.copy_finish"><a name="method-giofile--copy-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.copy_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">copy_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> on success,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> on error.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">copy_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                copy operation started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--copy-async" title="gio.File.copy_async">gio.File.copy_async</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.create"><a name="method-giofile--create"></a><h3>gio.File.create</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">create</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-create-flags-constants" title="Gio File Create Flags Constants">Gio File Create Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofileoutputstream.html" title="gio.FileOutputStream"><code class="classname">gio.FileOutputStream</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> on error.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">create</code>() method creates a new file and returns
                an output stream for writing to it. The file must not already exist. 
            </p><p>
                By default files created are generally readable by everyone, but if you pass
                gio.FILE_CREATE_PRIVATE in flags the file will be made readable only to the
                current user, to the level that is supported on the target filesystem. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be
                cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the
                operation was cancelled, the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p><p>
                If a file or directory with this name already exists the gio.ERROR_EXISTS
                error will be returned. Some file systems don't allow all file names, and
                may return an gio.ERROR_INVALID_FILENAME error, and if the name is to long
                gio.ERROR_FILENAME_TOO_LONG will be returned. Other errors are possible too,
                and depend on what kind of filesystem the file is on.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.create_async"><a name="method-giofile--create-async"></a><h3>gio.File.create_async</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">create_async</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-copy-flags-constants" title="Gio File Copy Flags Constants">Gio File Copy Flags Constants</a>.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the
                    <a class="xref" href="glib-constants.html#glib-priority-constants" title="Glib Priority Constants">Glib Priority Constants</a>
                    of the request. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">create_async</code>() method asynchronously creates a new
                file and returns an output stream for writing to it. The file must not already exist. 
            </p><p>
                For more details, see
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--create" title="gio.File.create">gio.File.create</a></code>()
                which is the synchronous version of this call. 
            </p><p>
                When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--create-finish" title="gio.File.create_finish">gio.File.create_finish</a></code>()
                to get the result of the operation.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.create_finish"><a name="method-giofile--create-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.create_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">create_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofileoutputstream.html" title="gio.FileOutputStream"><code class="classname">gio.FileOutputStream</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> on error.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">create_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                copy operation started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--create-async" title="gio.File.create_async">gio.File.create_async</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.delete"><a name="method-giofile--delete"></a><h3>gio.File.delete</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">delete</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the file was deleted,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">deleted</code>() method deletes a file. If the file is a
                directory, it will only be deleted if it is empty. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled
                by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was
                cancelled, the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.dup"><a name="method-giofile--dup"></a><h3>gio.File.dup</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">dup</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a new <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
                    that is a duplicate of the given <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">dup</code>() method duplicates a
                <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
                handle. This operation does not duplicate the actual file or directory represented
                by the <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>; see
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--copy" title="gio.File.copy">gio.File.copy</a></code>()
                if attempting to copy a file. 
            </p><p>
                This call does no blocking i/o.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.eject_mountable"><a name="method-giofile--eject-mountable"></a><h3>gio.File.eject_mountable</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">eject_mountable</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-copy-flags-constants" title="Gio File Copy Flags Constants">Gio File Copy Flags Constants</a>.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">eject_mountable</code>() method starts an asynchronous eject on a
                mountable. When this operation has completed, callback will be called with
                user_user data, and the operation can be finalized with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--eject-mountable-finish" title="gio.File.eject_mountable_finish">gio.File.eject_mountable_finish</a></code>(). 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled by
                triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled,
                the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.eject_mountable_finish"><a name="method-giofile--eject-mountable-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.eject_mountable_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">eject_mountable_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the file was ejected successfully,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> on error.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">create_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                copy operation started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--create-async" title="gio.File.create_async">gio.File.create_async</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.enumerate_children"><a name="method-giofile--enumerate-children"></a><h3>gio.File.enumerate_children</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">enumerate_children</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>an attribute query string.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-query-info-flags-constants" title="Gio File Query Info Flags Constants">Gio File Query Info Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofileenumerator.html" title="gio.FileEnumerator"><code class="classname">gio.FileEnumerator</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> on error.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">enumerate_children</code>() method gets the requested information
                about the files in a directory. The result is a GFileEnumerator object that will give out
                <a class="link" href="class-giofileinfo.html" title="gio.FileInfo"><code class="classname">gio.FileInfo</code></a> objects
                for all the files in the directory. 
            </p><p>
                The attribute value is a string that specifies the file attributes that should be gathered.
                It is not an error if it's not possible to read a particular requested attribute from a file -
                it just won't be set. attribute should be a comma-separated list of attribute or attribute
                wildcards. The wildcard "*" means all attributes, and a wildcard like "standard::*" means all
                attributes in the standard namespace. An example attribute query be "standard::*,owner::user".
                The standard attributes are available as defines, like gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_NAME. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be
                cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the
                operation was cancelled, the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p><p>
                If the file does not exist, the gio.ERROR_NOT_FOUND error will be returned. If the file
                is not a directory, the gio.FILE_ERROR_NOTDIR error will be returned.
                Other errors are possible too.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.enumerate_children_async"><a name="method-giofile--enumerate-children-async"></a><h3>gio.File.enumerate_children_async</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">enumerate_children_async</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>an attribute query string.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-query-info-flags-constants" title="Gio File Query Info Flags Constants">Gio File Query Info Flags Constants</a>.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the
                    <a class="xref" href="glib-constants.html#glib-priority-constants" title="Glib Priority Constants">Glib Priority Constants</a>
                    of the request. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">enumerate_children_async</code>() method asynchronously gets the
                requested information about the files in a directory. The result is a
                <a class="link" href="class-giofileenumerator.html" title="gio.FileEnumerator"><code class="classname">gio.FileEnumerator</code></a>
                object that will give out <a class="link" href="class-giofileinfo.html" title="gio.FileInfo"><code class="classname">gio.FileInfo</code></a>
                objects for all the files in the directory. 
            </p><p>
                For more details, see
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--enumerate-children" title="gio.File.enumerate_children">enumerate_children</a></code>()
                which is the synchronous version of this call. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.eject_mountable_finish"><a name="method-giofile--enumerate-children-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.eject_mountable_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">enumerate_children_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofileenumerator.html" title="gio.FileEnumerator"><code class="classname">gio.FileEnumerator</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> if an error occurred.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">enumerate_children_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                copy operation started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--enumerate-children-async" title="gio.File.enumerate_children_async">gio.File.enumerate_children_async</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.equal"><a name="method-giofile--equal"></a><h3>gio.File.equal</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">equal</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>file2</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>file2</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if file1 and file2 are equal.
                    <code class="literal">False</code> if either is not a
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">equal</code>() method checks equality of two given
                <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>s.
                Note that two <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>s
                that differ can still refer to the same file on the filesystem due to various
                forms of filename aliasing. 
            </p><p>
                This call does no blocking i/o.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.find_enclosing_mount"><a name="method-giofile--find-enclosing-mount"></a><h3>gio.File.find_enclosing_mount</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">enumerate_children</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a
                    <a class="link" href="class-giomount.html" title="gio.Mount"><code class="classname">gio.Mount</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> on error.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">find_enclosing_mount</code>() method gets a
                <a class="link" href="class-giomount.html" title="gio.Mount"><code class="classname">gio.Mount</code></a> for the
                <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>.
            </p><p>
                If the interface for file does not have a mount (e.g. possibly a remote share),
                error will be set to gio.ERROR_NOT_FOUND and <code class="literal">None</code> will be returned. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be
                cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the
                operation was cancelled, the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.find_enclosing_mount_async"><a name="method-giofile--find-enclosing-mount-async"></a><h3>gio.File.find_enclosing_mount_async</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">find_enclosing_mount_async</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the
                    <a class="xref" href="glib-constants.html#glib-priority-constants" title="Glib Priority Constants">Glib Priority Constants</a>
                    of the request. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">find_enclosing_mount_async</code>() method asynchronously
                gets the mount for the file. 
            </p><p>
                For more details, see
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--find-enclosing-mount" title="gio.File.find_enclosing_mount">gio.File.find_enclosing_mount</a></code>()
                which is the synchronous version of this call. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.find_enclosing_mount_finish"><a name="method-giofile--find-enclosing-mount-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.find_enclosing_mount_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">find_enclosing_mount_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giomount.html" title="gio.Mount"><code class="classname">gio.Mount</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> if an error occurred.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">find_enclosing_mount_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                find mount started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--find-enclosing-mount-async" title="gio.File.find_enclosing_mount_async">gio.File.find_enclosing_mount_async</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.get_basename"><a name="method-giofile--get-basename"></a><h3>gio.File.get_basename</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">get_basename</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>string containing the
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>'s
                    base name, or <code class="literal">None</code> if given
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a> is invalid.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">get_basename</code>() method gets the base name
                (the last component of the path) for a given
                <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>. 
            </p><p>
                If called for the top level of a system (such as the filesystem root or
                a uri like sftp://host/) it will return a single directory separator
                (and on Windows, possibly a drive letter). 
            </p><p>
                The base name is a byte string (*not* UTF-8). It has no defined encoding
                or rules other than it may not contain zero bytes. If you want to use filenames
                in a user interface you should use the display name that you can get by requesting
                the gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_DISPLAY_NAME attribute with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-info" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info">gio.File.query_info</a></code>(). 
            </p><p>
                This call does no blocking i/o.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.get_child"><a name="method-giofile--get-child"></a><h3>gio.File.get_child</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">get_child</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>name</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>name</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>string containing the child's basename.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
                    to a child specified by name.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">get_child</code>() method gets a child of file
                with basename equal to name. 
            </p><p>
                Note that the file with that specific name might not exist, but you can
                still have a <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
                that points to it. You can use this for instance to create that file. 
            </p><p>
                This call does no blocking i/o.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.get_child_for_display_name"><a name="method-giofile--get-child-for-display-name"></a><h3>gio.File.get_child_for_display_name</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">get_child_for_display_name</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>display_name</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>display_name</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>string to a possible child.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
                    to the specified child or <code class="literal">None</code>
                    if the display name couldn't be converted.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">get_child_for_display_name</code>() method gets the
                child of file for a given display_name (i.e. a UTF8 version of the name).
                If this function fails, it returns NULL and error will be set. This is very
                useful when constructing a GFile for a new file and the user entered the filename
                in the user interface, for instance when you select a directory and type a filename
                in the file selector. 
            </p><p>
                This call does no blocking i/o.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.get_parent"><a name="method-giofile--get-parent"></a><h3>gio.File.get_parent</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">get_parent</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
                    structure to the parent of the given
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a> or
                    <code class="literal">None</code> if there is no parent.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">get_parent</code>() method gets the parent directory for the file.
                If the file represents the root directory of the file system, then <code class="literal">None</code>
                will be returned. 
            </p><p>
                This call does no blocking i/o.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.get_parse_name"><a name="method-giofile--get-parse-name"></a><h3>gio.File.get_parse_name</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">get_parse_name</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>'s parse name.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">get_parse_name</code>() method gets the parse name
                of the file. A parse name is a UTF-8 string that describes the file such
                that one can get the <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
                back using
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#function-gio--file-parse-name" title="gio.file_parse_name">gio.file_parse_name</a></code>(). 
            </p><p>
                This is generally used to show the <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
                as a nice full-pathname kind of string in a user interface, like in a location entry. 
            </p><p>
                For local files with names that can safely be converted to UTF8 the pathname is used,
                otherwise the IRI is used (a form of URI that allows UTF8 characters unescaped). 
            </p><p>
                This call does no blocking i/o.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.get_path"><a name="method-giofile--get-path"></a><h3>gio.File.get_path</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">get_path</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>'s path,
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> if no such path exists.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">get_path</code>() method gets the local pathname for
                <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>, if one exists. 
            </p><p>
                This call does no blocking i/o.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.get_relative_path"><a name="method-giofile--get-relative-path"></a><h3>gio.File.get_relative_path</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">get_relative_path</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>descendant</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>descendant</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>input <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>string with the relative path from descendant to parent,
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> if descendant doesn't have parent as prefix.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">get_relative_path</code>() method gets the path for
                descendant relative to parent. 
            </p><p>
                This call does no blocking i/o.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.get_uri"><a name="method-giofile--get-uri"></a><h3>gio.File.get_uri</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">get_uri</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>'s URI.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">get_uri</code>() method gets the URI for the file. 
            </p><p>
                This call does no blocking i/o.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.get_uri_scheme"><a name="method-giofile--get-uri-scheme"></a><h3>gio.File.get_uri_scheme</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">get_uri_scheme</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the URI scheme for the
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">get_uri_scheme</code>() method gets the URI scheme for a
                <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>.
                RFC 3986 decodes the scheme as: 
            </p><pre class="programlisting">
URI = scheme ":" hier-part [ "?" query ] [ "#" fragment ]
</pre><p>
                Common schemes include "file", "http", "ftp", etc. 
            </p><p>
                This call does no blocking i/o.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.has_prefix"><a name="method-giofile--has-prefix"></a><h3>gio.File.has_prefix</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">has_prefix</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>prefix</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>prefix</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>input <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the files's parent, grandparent,
                    etc is prefix. <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">has_prefix</code>() method checks whether file has the prefix
                specified by prefix. In other word, if the names of inital elements of files pathname
                match prefix. Only full pathname elements are matched, so a path like /foo is not
                considered a prefix of /foobar, only of /foo/bar. 
            </p><p>
                This call does no blocking i/o, as it works purely on names. As such it can sometimes
                return <code class="literal">False</code> even if file is inside a prefix (from a filesystem point
                of view), because the prefix of file is an alias of prefix.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.has_uri_scheme"><a name="method-giofile--has-uri-scheme"></a><h3>gio.File.has_uri_scheme</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">has_uri_scheme</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>uri_scheme</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>uri_scheme</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing a URI scheme.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>'s
                    backend supports the given URI scheme, <code class="literal">False</code> if URI scheme
                    is <code class="literal">None</code>, not supported, or
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a> is invalid. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">has_uri_scheme</code>() method checks to see if a
                <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
                has a given URI scheme. 
            </p><p>
                This call does no blocking i/o.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.is_native"><a name="method-giofile--is-native"></a><h3>gio.File.is_native</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">is_native</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if file is native. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">is_native</code>() method checks to see if a file
                is native to the platform. 
            </p><p>
                A native file s one expressed in the platform-native filename format, e.g.
                "C:\Windows" or "/usr/bin/". This does not mean the file is local, as it
                might be on a locally mounted remote filesystem. 
            </p><p>
                On some systems non-native files may be available using the native filesystem
                via a userspace filesystem (FUSE), in these cases this call will return
                <code class="literal">False</code>, but
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-path" title="gio.File.get_path">gio.File.get_path</a></code>()
                will still return a native path. 
            </p><p>
                This call does no blocking i/o.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.load_contents"><a name="method-giofile--load-contents"></a><h3>gio.File.load_contents</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">load_contents</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a three tuple containing the contents of the file,
                    the length of the contents of the file and the current entity tag for the file.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">load_contents</code>() method loads the content of the file into memory.
                The data is always zero-terminated, but this is not included in the resultant length.
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be
                cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the
                operation was cancelled, the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.load_contents_async"><a name="method-giofile--load-contents-async"></a><h3>gio.File.load_contents_async</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">load_contents_async</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">load_contents_async</code>() method starts an asynchronous load of the file's contents. 
            </p><p>
                For more details, see
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--load-contents" title="gio.File.load_contents">gio.File.load_contents</a></code>()
                which is the synchronous version of this call. 
            </p><p>
                When the load operation has completed, callback will be called with user data. To finish
                the operation, call
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--load-contents-finish" title="gio.File.load_contents_finish">gio.File.load_contents_finish</a></code>()
                with the GAsyncResult returned by the callback. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.load_contents_finish"><a name="method-giofile--load-contents-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.load_contents_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">load_contents_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a three tuple containing the contents of the file,
                    the length of the contents of the file and the current entity tag for the file.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">load_contents_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                find mount started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--load-contents-async" title="gio.File.load_contents_async">gio.File.load_contents_async</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.make_directory"><a name="method-giofile--make-directory"></a><h3>gio.File.make_directory</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">make_directory</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> on successful creation,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">make_directory</code>() method creates a directory.
                Note that this will only create a child directory of the immediate parent directory
                of the path or URI given by the <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>.
                To recursively create directories, see
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--make-directory-with-parents" title="gio.File.make_directory_with_parents">gio.File.make_directory_with_parents</a></code>().
                This function will fail if the parent directory does not exist, setting error to
                gio.ERROR_NOT_FOUND. If the file system doesn't support creating directories, this
                function will fail, setting error to gio.ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED. 
            </p><p>
                For a local <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a> the newly
                created directory will have the default (current) ownership and permissions of the current process. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be
                cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the
                operation was cancelled, the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.make_directory_with_parents"><a name="method-giofile--make-directory-with-parents"></a><h3>gio.File.make_directory_with_parents</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">make_directory_with_parents</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if all directories have been successfully created,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">make_directory_with_parents</code>() method creates a directory
                and any parent directories that may not exist similar to 'mkdir -p'. If the file system
                does not support creating directories, this function will fail, setting error to gio.ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED. 
            </p><p>
                For a local <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a> the newly
                created directories will have the default (current) ownership and permissions of the current process. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be
                cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the
                operation was cancelled, the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.make_symbolic_link"><a name="method-giofile--make-symbolic-link"></a><h3>gio.File.make_symbolic_link</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">make_symbolic_link</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>symlink_value</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>symlink_value</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string with the value of the new symlink.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> on the creation of a new symlink,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">make_symbolic_link</code>() method creates a symbolic link. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be
                cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the
                operation was cancelled, the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.monitor"><a name="method-giofile--monitor"></a><h3>gio.File.monitor</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">monitor</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_MONITOR_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>
                    a <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-monitor-flags-constants" title="Gio File Monitor Flags Constants">Gio File Monitor Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofilemonitor.html" title="gio.FileMonitor"><code class="classname">gio.FileMonitor</code></a>
                    for the given file, or <code class="literal">None</code> on error
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">monitor</code>() method obtains a file or directory
                monitor for the given file, depending on the type of the file. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be
                cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the
                operation was cancelled, the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.monitor_directory"><a name="method-giofile--monitor-directory"></a><h3>gio.File.monitor_directory</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">monitor_directory</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_MONITOR_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>
                    a <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-monitor-flags-constants" title="Gio File Monitor Flags Constants">Gio File Monitor Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofilemonitor.html" title="gio.FileMonitor"><code class="classname">gio.FileMonitor</code></a>
                    for the given file, or <code class="literal">None</code> on error
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">monitor_directory</code>() method obtains a directory monitor
                for the given file. This may fail if directory monitoring is not supported. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be
                cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the
                operation was cancelled, the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.monitor_file"><a name="method-giofile--monitor-file"></a><h3>gio.File.monitor_file</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">monitor_file</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_MONITOR_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>
                    a <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-monitor-flags-constants" title="Gio File Monitor Flags Constants">Gio File Monitor Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofilemonitor.html" title="gio.FileMonitor"><code class="classname">gio.FileMonitor</code></a>
                    for the given file, or <code class="literal">None</code> on error
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">monitor_file</code>() method obtains a file monitor for the
                given file. If no file notification mechanism exists, then regular polling
                of the file is used. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be
                cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the
                operation was cancelled, the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.mount_enclosing_volume"><a name="method-giofile--mount-enclosing-volume"></a><h3>gio.File.mount_enclosing_volume</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">mount_enclosing_volume</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>mount_operation</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_COPY_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>mount_operation</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a
                    <a class="link" href="class-giomountoperation.html" title="gio.MountOperation"><code class="classname">gio.MountOperation</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> to avoid user interaction. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request
                    is satisfied, or <code class="literal">None</code>. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-mount-mount-flags-constants" title="Gio Mount Mount Flags Constants">Gio Mount Mount Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to the progress callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">mount_enclosing_volume</code>() method starts a mount_operation,
                mounting the volume that contains the file location. 
            </p><p>
                When this operation has completed, callback will be called with user_user data,
                and the operation can be finalized with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--mount-enclosing-volume-finish" title="gio.File.mount_enclosing_volume_finish">gio.File.mount_enclosing_volume_finish</a></code>(). 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled
                by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled,
                the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.mount_enclosing_volume_finish"><a name="method-giofile--mount-enclosing-volume-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.mount_enclosing_volume_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">mount_enclosing_volume_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if successful. If an error has occurred,
                    this function will return <code class="literal">False</code> and set error appropriately if present. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">mount_enclosing_volume_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                find mount started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--mount-enclosing-volume" title="gio.File.mount_enclosing_volume">gio.File.mount_enclosing_volume</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.mount_mountable"><a name="method-giofile--mount-mountable"></a><h3>gio.File.mount_mountable</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">mount_mountable</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>mount_operation</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_COPY_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>mount_operation</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a
                    <a class="link" href="class-giomountoperation.html" title="gio.MountOperation"><code class="classname">gio.MountOperation</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> to avoid user interaction. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request
                    is satisfied, or <code class="literal">None</code>. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-mount-mount-flags-constants" title="Gio Mount Mount Flags Constants">Gio Mount Mount Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to the progress callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">mount_mountable</code>() method mounts a file of type
                gio.FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE. Using mount_operation, you can request callbacks when,
                for instance, passwords are needed during authentication. 
            </p><p>
                When this operation has completed, callback will be called with user_user data,
                and the operation can be finalized with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--mount-mountable-finish" title="gio.File.mount_mountable_finish">gio.File.mount_mountable_finish</a></code>(). 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled
                by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled,
                the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.mount_mountable_finish"><a name="method-giofile--mount-mountable-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.mount_mountable_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">mount_mountable_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> on error.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">mount_mountable_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                find mount started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--mount-mountable" title="gio.File.mount_mountable">gio.File.mount_mountable</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.move"><a name="method-giofile--move"></a><h3>gio.File.move</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">copy</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>destination</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>progress_callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_COPY_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>destination</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>destination <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>progress_callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>function to callback with progress information.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-copy-flags-constants" title="Gio File Copy Flags Constants">Gio File Copy Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to the progress callback function.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> on success,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">move</code>() method tries to move the file or directory
                source to the location specified by destination. If native move operations are
                supported then this is used, otherwise a copy + delete fallback is used. The native
                implementation may support moving directories (for instance on moves inside the same
                filesystem), but the fallback code does not. 
            </p><p>
                If the flag gio.FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE is specified an already existing destination file is overwritten. 
            </p><p>
                If the flag gio.FILE_COPY_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS is specified then symlinks will be copied
                as symlinks, otherwise the target of the source symlink will be copied. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled
                by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled,
                the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p><p>
                If progress_callback is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be monitored
                by setting this to a GFileProgressCallback function. progress_callback_data will be passed
                to this function. It is guaranteed that this callback will be called after all data has been
                transferred with the total number of bytes copied during the operation. 
            </p><p>
                If the source file does not exist then the gio.ERROR_NOT_FOUND error is returned,
                independent on the status of the destination. 
            </p><p>
                If gio.FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE is not specified and the target exists, then the error
                gio.ERROR_EXISTS is returned. 
            </p><p>
                If trying to overwrite a file over a directory the gio.ERROR_IS_DIRECTORY error is returned.
                If trying to overwrite a directory with a directory the gio.ERROR_WOULD_MERGE error is returned. 
            </p><p>
                If the source is a directory and the target does not exist, or gio.FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE is specified
                and the target is a file, then the gio.ERROR_WOULD_RECURSE error may be returned
                (if the native move operation isn't available).
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.query_default_handler"><a name="method-giofile--query-default-handler"></a><h3>gio.File.query_default_handler</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">query_default_handler</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>
                    if the handle was found, <code class="literal">None</code> if there were errors.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">query_default_handler</code>() method returns the
                <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a> that
                is registered as the default application to handle the file specified by file. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be
                cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the
                operation was cancelled, the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.query_exists"><a name="method-giofile--query-exists"></a><h3>gio.File.query_exists</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">query_exists</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the file exists (and can be detected
                    without error), <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise (or if cancelled). 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">query_exists</code>() method is an tility function to check
                if a particular file exists. This is implemented using
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-info" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info">gio.File.query_info</a></code>()
                and as such does blocking I/O. 
            </p><p>
                Note that in many cases it is racy to first check for file existence and then execute
                something based on the outcome of that, because the file might have been created or
                removed in between the operations. The general approach to handling that is to not check,
                but just do the operation and handle the errors as they come. 
            </p><p>
                As an example of race-free checking, take the case of reading a file, and if it doesn't
                exist, creating it. There are two racy versions: read it, and on error create it; and:
                check if it exists, if not create it. These can both result in two processes creating the
                file (with perhaps a partially written file as the result). The correct approach is to
                always try to create the file with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--create" title="gio.File.create">gio.File.create</a></code>()
                which will either atomically create the file or fail with a gio.ERROR_EXISTS error. 
            </p><p>
                However, in many cases an existence check is useful in a user interface, for instance
                to make a menu item sensitive/insensitive, so that you don't have to fool users that
                something is possible and then just show and error dialog. If you do this, you should
                make sure to also handle the errors that can happen due to races when you execute the operation.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.query_file_type"><a name="method-giofile--query-file-type"></a><h3>gio.File.query_file_type</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">query_file_type</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_MONITOR_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>
                    a <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-query-info-flags-constants" title="Gio File Query Info Flags Constants">Gio File Query Info Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-type-constants" title="Gio File Type Constants">Gio File Type Constants</a>
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">query_file_type</code>() method it's an utility function to inspect
                the <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-query-info-flags-constants" title="Gio File Query Info Flags Constants">Gio File Query Info Flags Constants</a>
                of a file. This is implemented using
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-info" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info">gio.File.query_info</a></code>()
                and as such does blocking I/O. 
            </p><p>
                The primary use case of this method is to check if a file is a regular file, directory, or symlink.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info"><a name="method-giofile--query-filesystem-info"></a><h3>gio.File.query_filesystem_info</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">query_filesystem_info</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>an attribute query string.                    
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofileinfo.html" title="gio.FileInfo"><code class="classname">gio.FileInfo</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> if there was an error.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">query_filesystem_info</code>() method it's similar to
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-info" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info">gio.File.query_info</a></code>(),
                but obtains information about the filesystem the file is on, rather than the
                file itself. For instance the amount of space available and the type of the filesystem. 
            </p><p>
                The attribute value is a string that specifies the file attributes that should be gathered.
                It is not an error if it's not possible to read a particular requested attribute from a file -
                it just won't be set. attribute should be a comma-separated list of attribute or attribute
                wildcards. The wildcard "*" means all attributes, and a wildcard like "fs:*" means all attributes
                in the fs namespace. The standard namespace for filesystem attributes is "fs". Common attributes
                of interest are gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_SIZE (the total size of the filesystem in bytes),
                gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_FREE (number of bytes available), and gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_FILESYSTEM_TYPE
                (type of the filesystem). 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering
                the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error
                gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p><p>
                If the file does not exist, the gio.ERROR_NOT_FOUND error will be returned. Other errors
                are possible too, and depend on what kind of filesystem the file is on.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info_async"><a name="method-giofile--query-filesystem-info-async"></a><h3>gio.File.query_filesystem_info_async</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">query_filesystem_info_async</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>an attribute query string.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the
                    <a class="xref" href="glib-constants.html#glib-priority-constants" title="Glib Priority Constants">Glib Priority Constants</a>
                    of the request. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">query_filesystem_info_async</code>() method asynchronously
                gets the requested information about the filesystem that the specified file is on.
                The result is a GFileInfo object that contains key-value attributes
                (such as type or size for the file). 
            </p><p>
                For more details, see
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-filesystem-info" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info">query_filesystem_info</a></code>()
                which is the synchronous version of this call. 
            </p><p>
                When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-filesystem-info-finish" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info_finish">gio.File.query_filesystem_info_finish</a></code>()
                to get the result of the operation.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info_finish"><a name="method-giofile--query-filesystem-info-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.query_filesystem_info_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">query_filesystem_info_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofileinfo.html" title="gio.FileInfo"><code class="classname">gio.FileInfo</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> if an error occurred.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">query_filesystem_info_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                copy operation started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-filesystem-info-async" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info_async">gio.File.query_filesystem_info_async</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info"><a name="method-giofile--query-info"></a><h3>gio.File.query_filesystem_info</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">query_info</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>an attribute query string.                    
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>
                    a <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-query-info-flags-constants" title="Gio File Query Info Flags Constants">Gio File Query Info Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofileinfo.html" title="gio.FileInfo"><code class="classname">gio.FileInfo</code></a>
                    for the given file or <code class="literal">None</code> if there was an error.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">query_info</code>() method gets the requested
                information about specified file. The result is a
                <a class="link" href="class-giofileinfo.html" title="gio.FileInfo"><code class="classname">gio.FileInfo</code></a>
                object that contains key-value attributes (such as the type or size of the file). 
            </p><p>
                The attribute value is a string that specifies the file attributes that should
                be gathered. It is not an error if it's not possible to read a particular
                requested attribute from a file - it just won't be set. attribute should be
                a comma-separated list of attribute or attribute wildcards. The wildcard "*"
                means all attributes, and a wildcard like "standard::*" means all attributes
                in the standard namespace. An example attribute query be "standard::*,owner::user".
                The standard attributes are available as defines, like gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_NAME. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering
                the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error
                gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p><p>
                For symlinks, normally the information about the target of the symlink is returned,
                rather than information about the symlink itself. However if you pass
                gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS in flags the information about
                the symlink itself will be returned. Also, for symlinks that point to non-existing
                files the information about the symlink itself will be returned. 
            </p><p>
                If the file does not exist, the gio.ERROR_NOT_FOUND error will be
                returned. Other errors are possible too, and depend on what kind of
                filesystem the file is on.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.query_info_async"><a name="method-giofile--query-info-async"></a><h3>gio.File.query_info_async</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">query_info_async</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attributes</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>an attribute query string.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>
                    a <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-query-info-flags-constants" title="Gio File Query Info Flags Constants">Gio File Query Info Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the
                    <a class="xref" href="glib-constants.html#glib-priority-constants" title="Glib Priority Constants">Glib Priority Constants</a>
                    of the request. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">query_info_async</code>() method asynchronously gets the
                requested information about specified file. The result is a
                <a class="link" href="class-giofileinfo.html" title="gio.FileInfo"><code class="classname">gio.FileInfo</code></a>
                object that contains key-value attributes (such as type or size for the file). 
            </p><p>
                For more details, see
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-info" title="gio.File.query_filesystem_info">query_info</a></code>()
                which is the synchronous version of this call. 
            </p><p>
                When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-info-finish" title="gio.File.query_info_finish">gio.File.query_info_finish</a></code>()
                to get the result of the operation.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.query_info_finish"><a name="method-giofile--query-info-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.query_info_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">query_info_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofileinfo.html" title="gio.FileInfo"><code class="classname">gio.FileInfo</code></a>
                    for the given file or <code class="literal">None</code> if an error occurred.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">query_info_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                copy operation started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--query-info-async" title="gio.File.query_info_async">gio.File.query_info_async</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.query_settable_attributes"><a name="method-giofile--query-settable-attributes"></a><h3>gio.File.query_settable_attributes</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">query_settable_attributes</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a list of
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofileattributeinfo.html" title="gio.FileAttributeInfo"><code class="classname">gio.FileAttributeInfo</code></a>
                    describing the settable attributes.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">query_settable_attributes</code>() method obtain the
                list of settable attributes for the file. 
            </p><p>
                Returns the type and full attribute name of all the attributes that can be
                set on this file. This doesn't mean setting it will always succeed though,
                you might get an access failure, or some specific file may not support a specific attribute. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering
                the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error
                gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.query_writable_namespace"><a name="method-giofile--query-writable-namespace"></a><h3>gio.File.query_writable_namespace</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">query_writable_namespace</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a list of
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofileattributeinfo.html" title="gio.FileAttributeInfo"><code class="classname">gio.FileAttributeInfo</code></a>
                    describing the writable namespaces.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">query_writable_namespace</code>() method obtain the
                list of attribute namespaces where new attributes can be created by a user.
                An example of this is extended attributes (in the "xattr" namespace). 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering
                the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error
                gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.read"><a name="method-giofile--read"></a><h3>gio.File.read</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">read</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a 
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofileinputstream.html" title="gio.FileInputStream"><code class="classname">gio.FileInputStream</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> on error.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">read</code>() method opens a file for reading. The result
                is a <a class="link" href="class-giofileinputstream.html" title="gio.FileInputStream"><code class="classname">gio.FileInputStream</code></a>
                that can be used to read the contents of the file. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering
                the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error
                gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p><p>
                If the file does not exist, the gio.ERROR_NOT_FOUND error will be returned.
                If the file is a directory, the gio.ERROR_IS_DIRECTORY error will be returned.
                Other errors are possible too, and depend on what kind of filesystem the file is on.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.read_async"><a name="method-giofile--read-async"></a><h3>gio.File.read_async</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">read_async</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the
                    <a class="xref" href="glib-constants.html#glib-priority-constants" title="Glib Priority Constants">Glib Priority Constants</a>
                    of the request. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">read_async</code>() method asynchronously opens file for reading. 
            </p><p>
                For more details, see
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--read" title="gio.File.read">read</a></code>()
                which is the synchronous version of this call. 
            </p><p>
                When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--read-finish" title="gio.File.read_finish">gio.File.read_finish</a></code>()
                to get the result of the operation.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.read_finish"><a name="method-giofile--read-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.read_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">read_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofileinputstream.html" title="gio.FileInputStream"><code class="classname">gio.FileInputStream</code></a>
                    file or <code class="literal">None</code> if an error occurred.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">read_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                copy operation started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--read-async" title="gio.File.read_async">gio.File.read_async</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.replace"><a name="method-giofile--replace"></a><h3>gio.File.replace</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">replace</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>etag</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>make_backup</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>etag</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>an optional entity tag for the current
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>,
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>make_backup</code></em> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if a backup should be created. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-create-flags-constants" title="Gio File Create Flags Constants">Gio File Create Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a 
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofileoutputstream.html" title="gio.FileOutputStream"><code class="classname">gio.FileOutputStream</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> on error.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">replace</code>() method returns an output stream for
                overwriting the file, possibly creating a backup copy of the file first.
                If the file doesn't exist, it will be created. 
            </p><p>
                This will try to replace the file in the safest way possible so that any
                errors during the writing will not affect an already existing copy of the file.
                For instance, for local files it may write to a temporary file and then atomically
                rename over the destination when the stream is closed. 
            </p><p>
                By default files created are generally readable by everyone, but if you pass
                gio.FILE_CREATE_PRIVATE in flags the file will be made readable only to
                the current user, to the level that is supported on the target filesystem. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering
                the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error
                gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p><p>
                If you pass in a non-<code class="literal">None</code> etag value, then this value is compared
                to the current entity tag of the file, and if they differ an gio.ERROR_WRONG_ETAG error
                is returned. This generally means that the file has been changed since you last read it.
                You can get the new etag from
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofileoutputstream.html#method-giofileoutputstream--get-etag" title="gio.FileOutputStream.get_etag">gio.FileOutputStream.get_etag</a></code>()
                after you've finished writing and closed the GFileOutputStream. When you load a new file you can use
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofileinputstream.html#method-giofileinputstream--query-info" title="gio.FileInputStream.query_info">gio.FileInputStream.query_info</a></code>()
                to get the etag of the file. 
            </p><p>
                If make_backup is <code class="literal">True</code>, this function will attempt to make a backup
                of the current file before overwriting it. If this fails a gio.ERROR_CANT_CREATE_BACKUP
                error will be returned. If you want to replace anyway, try again
                with make_backup set to <code class="literal">False</code>. 
            </p><p>
                If the file is a directory the gio.ERROR_IS_DIRECTORY error will be returned, and
                if the file is some other form of non-regular file then a gio.ERROR_NOT_REGULAR_FILE
                error will be returned. Some file systems don't allow all file names, and may return an
                gio.ERROR_INVALID_FILENAME error, and if the name is to long gio.ERROR_FILENAME_TOO_LONG
                will be returned. Other errors are possible too, and depend on what kind of filesystem the file is on.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.replace_async"><a name="method-giofile--replace-async"></a><h3>gio.File.replace_async</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">replace_async</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>etag</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>make_backup</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=True</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>etag</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>an optional entity tag for the current
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>,
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>make_backup</code></em> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if a backup should be created. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-create-flags-constants" title="Gio File Create Flags Constants">Gio File Create Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the
                    <a class="xref" href="glib-constants.html#glib-priority-constants" title="Glib Priority Constants">Glib Priority Constants</a>
                    of the request. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">replace_async</code>() method asynchronously overwrites the file,
                replacing the contents, possibly creating a backup copy of the file first. 
            </p><p>
                For more details, see
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--replace" title="gio.File.replace">replace</a></code>()
                which is the synchronous version of this call. 
            </p><p>
                When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--replace-finish" title="gio.File.replace_finish">gio.File.replace_finish</a></code>()
                to get the result of the operation.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.replace_contents"><a name="method-giofile--replace-contents"></a><h3>gio.File.replace_contents</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">replace_contents</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>contents</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>etag</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>make_backup</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>contents</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the new contents for file. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>etag</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the old entity tag for the document
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>make_backup</code></em> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if a backup should be created. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-create-flags-constants" title="Gio File Create Flags Constants">Gio File Create Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>the new entity tag  for the document.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">replace_contents</code>() method replaces the contents
                of file with contents of length bytes. If etag is specified (not NULL) any existing
                file must have that etag, or the error gio.ERROR_WRONG_ETAG will be returned. 
            </p><p>
                If make_backup is <code class="literal">True</code>, this function will attempt to make a backup of file. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering
                the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error
                gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p><p>
                The returned etag can be used to verify that the file hasn't changed the next time it is saved over.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.replace_contents_async"><a name="method-giofile--replace-contents-async"></a><h3>gio.File.replace_contents_async</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">replace_contents_async</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>contents</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>etag</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>make_backup</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=True</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_CREATE_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>contents</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the new contents for file. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>etag</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>an optional entity tag for the current
                    <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>,
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>make_backup</code></em> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if a backup should be created. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-create-flags-constants" title="Gio File Create Flags Constants">Gio File Create Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the
                    <a class="xref" href="glib-constants.html#glib-priority-constants" title="Glib Priority Constants">Glib Priority Constants</a>
                    of the request. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">replace_contents_async</code>() method starts an asynchronous
                replacement of file with the given contents of length bytes. etag will
                replace the document's current entity tag. 
            </p><p>
                For more details, see
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--replace-contents" title="gio.File.replace_contents">replace_contents</a></code>()
                which is the synchronous version of this call. 
            </p><p>
                When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--replace-contents-finish" title="gio.File.replace_contents_finish">gio.File.replace_contents_finish</a></code>()
                to get the result of the operation.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.replace_contents_finish"><a name="method-giofile--replace-contents-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.replace_contents_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">replace_contents_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>the new entity tag  for the document.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">replace_contents_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                copy operation started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--replace-contents-async" title="gio.File.replace_contents_async">gio.File.replace_contents_async</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.replace_finish"><a name="method-giofile--replace-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.replace_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">replace_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofileoutputstream.html" title="gio.FileOutputStream"><code class="classname">gio.FileOutputStream</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> if an error occurred.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">replace_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                copy operation started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--replace-async" title="gio.File.replace_async">gio.File.replace_async</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.resolve_relative_path"><a name="method-giofile--resolve-relative-path"></a><h3>gio.File.resolve_relative_path</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">resolve_relative_path</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>relative_path</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>relative_path</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a given relative path string. 
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
                    to the resolved path. <code class="literal">None</code> if relative_path is <code class="literal">None</code>
                    or if file is invalid.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">resolve_relative_path</code>() method resolves a
                relative path for file to an absolute path. 
            </p><p>
                This call does no blocking i/o.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.set_attribute"><a name="method-giofile--set-attribute"></a><h3>gio.File.set_attribute</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">set_attribute</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>type</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>value_p</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the attribute's name. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>type</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the type of the attribute .
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>value_p</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the value.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-query-info-flags-constants" title="Gio File Query Info Flags Constants">Gio File Query Info Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the attribute was set,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">set_attribute</code>() method sets an attribute in
                the file with attribute name attribute to value. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering
                the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error
                gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.set_attribute_byte_string"><a name="method-giofile--set-attribute-byte-string"></a><h3>gio.File.set_attribute_byte_string</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">set_attribute_byte_string</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>value</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the attribute's name. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>value</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the attribute's new value.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-query-info-flags-constants" title="Gio File Query Info Flags Constants">Gio File Query Info Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the attribute was set,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">set_attribute_byte_string</code>() method Sets attribute of type
                gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_BYTE_STRING to value. If attribute is of a different type,
                this operation will fail, returning <code class="literal">False</code>. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering
                the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error
                gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.set_attribute_int32"><a name="method-giofile--set-attribute-int32"></a><h3>gio.File.set_attribute_int32</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">set_attribute_int32</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>value</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the attribute's name. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>value</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>an int containing the attribute's new value.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-query-info-flags-constants" title="Gio File Query Info Flags Constants">Gio File Query Info Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the attribute was set,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">set_attribute_int32</code>() method sets attribute of type
                gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_INT32 to value. If attribute is of a different type,
                this operation will fail. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering
                the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error
                gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.set_attribute_int64"><a name="method-giofile--set-attribute-int64"></a><h3>gio.File.set_attribute_int64</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">set_attribute_int64</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>value</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the attribute's name. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>value</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a long containing the attribute's new value.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-query-info-flags-constants" title="Gio File Query Info Flags Constants">Gio File Query Info Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the attribute was set,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">set_attribute_int64</code>() method sets attribute of type
                gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_INT64 to value. If attribute is of a different type,
                this operation will fail. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering
                the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error
                gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.set_attribute_string"><a name="method-giofile--set-attribute-string"></a><h3>gio.File.set_attribute_string</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">set_attribute_string</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>value</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the attribute's name. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>value</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the attribute's new value.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-query-info-flags-constants" title="Gio File Query Info Flags Constants">Gio File Query Info Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the attribute was set,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">set_attribute_string</code>() method sets attribute of type
                gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_STRING to value. If attribute is of a different type,
                this operation will fail. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering
                the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error
                gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.set_attribute_uint32"><a name="method-giofile--set-attribute-uint32"></a><h3>gio.File.set_attribute_uint32</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">set_attribute_uint32</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>value</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the attribute's name. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>value</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>an int containing the attribute's new value.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-query-info-flags-constants" title="Gio File Query Info Flags Constants">Gio File Query Info Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the attribute was set,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">set_attribute_uint32</code>() method sets attribute of type
                gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT32 to value. If attribute is of a different type,
                this operation will fail. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering
                the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error
                gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.set_attribute_uint64"><a name="method-giofile--set-attribute-uint64"></a><h3>gio.File.set_attribute_uint64</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">set_attribute_uint64</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>value</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>attribute</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the attribute's name. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>value</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a long containing the attribute's new value.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-query-info-flags-constants" title="Gio File Query Info Flags Constants">Gio File Query Info Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the attribute was set,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">set_attribute_uint64</code>() method sets attribute of type
                gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_UINT64 to value. If attribute is of a different type,
                this operation will fail. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering
                the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error
                gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned. 
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.set_attributes_async"><a name="method-giofile--set-attributes-async"></a><h3>gio.File.set_attributes_async</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">set_attributes_async</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>info</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>info</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofileinfo.html" title="gio.FileInfo"><code class="classname">gio.FileInfo</code></a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-query-info-flags-constants" title="Gio File Query Info Flags Constants">Gio File Query Info Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the
                    <a class="xref" href="glib-constants.html#glib-priority-constants" title="Glib Priority Constants">Glib Priority Constants</a>
                    of the request. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">set_attributes_async</code>() method asynchronously
                sets the attributes of file with info. 
            </p><p>
                For more details, see
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-attributes-from-info" title="gio.File.set_attributes_from_info">set_attributes_from_info</a></code>()
                which is the synchronous version of this call. 
            </p><p>
                When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-attributes-finish" title="gio.File.set_attributes_finish">gio.File.set_attributes_finish</a></code>()
                to get the result of the operation.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.set_attributes_finish"><a name="method-giofile--set-attributes-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.set_attributes_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">set_attributes_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the attributes were set correctly,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">set_attributes_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                copy operation started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-attributes-async" title="gio.File.set_attributes_async">gio.File.set_attributes_async</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.set_attributes_from_info"><a name="method-giofile--set-attributes-from-info"></a><h3>gio.File.set_attributes_from_info</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">set_attributes_from_info</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>info</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>info</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofileinfo.html" title="gio.FileInfo"><code class="classname">gio.FileInfo</code></a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-query-info-flags-constants" title="Gio File Query Info Flags Constants">Gio File Query Info Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the attributes were set correctly,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">set_attributes_from_info</code>() method tries to set
                all attributes in the GFileInfo on the target values, not stopping on the first error. 
            </p>
                If there is any error during this operation then error will be set to the
                first error. Error on particular fields are flagged by setting the "status"
                field in the attribute value to gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STATUS_ERROR_SETTING,
                which means you can also detect further errors. 
            <p>
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled
                by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled,
                the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.set_display_name"><a name="method-giofile--set-display-name"></a><h3>gio.File.set_display_name</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">set_display_name</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>display_name</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>display_name</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string conaining the name to display.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
                    specifying what file was renamed to, or <code class="literal">None</code> if there was an error.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">set_display_name</code>() method renames file to
                the specified display name. 
            </p><p>
                The display name is converted from UTF8 to the correct encoding for the
                target filesystem if possible and the file is renamed to this. 
            </p><p>
                If you want to implement a rename operation in the user interface the
                edit name (gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_EDIT_NAME) should be used as the
                initial value in the rename widget, and then the result after editing
                should be passed to
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-display-name" title="gio.File.set_display_name">gio.File.set_dispay_name</a></code>(). 
            </p><p>
                On success the resulting converted filename is returned. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled
                by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled,
                the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.set_display_name_async"><a name="method-giofile--set-display-name-async"></a><h3>gio.File.set_display_name_async</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">set_display_name_async</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>display_name</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=glib.PRIORITY_DEFAULT</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>display_name</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string conaining the name to display.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>io_priority</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the
                    <a class="xref" href="glib-constants.html#glib-priority-constants" title="Glib Priority Constants">Glib Priority Constants</a>
                    of the request. 
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">set_display_name_async</code>() method asynchronously
                sets the display name for a given GFile. 
            </p><p>
                For more details, see
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-display-name" title="gio.File.set_display_name">set_display_name</a></code>()
                which is the synchronous version of this call. 
            </p><p>
                When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-display-name-finish" title="gio.File.set_display_name_finish">gio.File.set_display_name_finish</a></code>()
                to get the result of the operation.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.set_display_name_finish"><a name="method-giofile--set-display-name-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.set_display_name_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">set_display_name_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
                    or <code class="literal">None</code> on error.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">set_display_name_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                copy operation started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--set-display-name-async" title="gio.File.set_display_name_async">gio.File.set_display_name_async</a></code>().
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.trash"><a name="method-giofile--trash"></a><h3>gio.File.trash</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">trash</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> on successful trash, <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">trash</code>() method sends file to the "Trashcan", if possible.
                This is similar to deleting it, but the user can recover it before emptying the trashcan.
                Not all file systems support trashing, so this call can return the gio.ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED error. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled
                by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled,
                the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.unmount_mountable"><a name="method-giofile--unmount-mountable"></a><h3>gio.File.unmount_mountable</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">unmount_mountable</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>callback</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.FILE_QUERY_INFO_NONE</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>callback</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a GAsyncReadyCallback to call when the request is satisfied.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a set of
                    <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-file-query-info-flags-constants" title="Gio File Query Info Flags Constants">Gio File Query Info Flags Constants</a>
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>cancellable</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>optional
                    <a class="link" href="class-giocancellable.html" title="gio.Cancellable"><code class="classname">gio.Cancellable</code></a>
                    object, <code class="literal">None</code> to ignore.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>user_data</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the data to pass to callback function.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">unmount_mountable</code>() method unmounts a file of type gio.FILE_TYPE_MOUNTABLE. 
            </p><p>
                If cancellable is not <code class="literal">None</code>, then the operation can be cancelled
                by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled,
                the error gio.ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.
            </p><p>
                When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--unmount-mountable-finish" title="gio.File.unmount_mountable_finish">gio.File.unmount_mountable_finish</a></code>()
                to get the result of the operation.
            </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.File.unmount_mountable_finish"><a name="method-giofile--unmount-mountable-finish"></a><h3>gio.File.unmount_mountable_finish</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">unmount_mountable_finish</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><strong class="parameter"><code>result</code></strong> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioasyncresult.html" title="gio.AsyncResult"><code class="classname">gio.AsyncResult</code></a>.
                  </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the operation finished successfully,
                    <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise. 
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">unmount_mountable_finish</code>() method finishes an asynchronous
                copy operation started with
                <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--unmount-mountable" title="gio.File.unmount_mountable">gio.File.unmount_mountable</a></code>().
            </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Functions"><a name="id439674"></a><h2>Functions</h2><div class="refsect2" title="gio.file_parse_name"><a name="function-gio--file-parse-name"></a><h3>gio.file_parse_name</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis">    def <span class="methodname">file_parse_name</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>parse_name</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>parse_name</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a file name or path to be parsed.
                    </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a new <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>.
                    </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
                The <code class="methodname">parse_name</code>() function constructs a
                <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
                with the given parse_name (i.e. something given by g_file_get_parse_name()).
                This operation never fails, but the returned object might not support any I/O
                operation if the parse_name cannot be parsed.
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