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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-rw-ops.top_of_page"></a>Reading and Writing Files</span></h2>
<p>Reading and Writing Files — Reading from and writing to open file handles.</p>
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<a name="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-rw-ops.functions"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
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<col width="150px" class="functions_return">
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<td class="function_type">
<a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult" title="enum GnomeVFSResult"><span class="returnvalue">GnomeVFSResult</span></a>
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<a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-rw-ops.html#gnome-vfs-read" title="gnome_vfs_read ()">gnome_vfs_read</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult" title="enum GnomeVFSResult"><span class="returnvalue">GnomeVFSResult</span></a>
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<a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-rw-ops.html#gnome-vfs-seek" title="gnome_vfs_seek ()">gnome_vfs_seek</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-rw-ops.html#gnome-vfs-tell" title="gnome_vfs_tell ()">gnome_vfs_tell</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-rw-ops.html#gnome-vfs-forget-cache" title="gnome_vfs_forget_cache ()">gnome_vfs_forget_cache</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span>
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<a name="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-rw-ops.other"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="name">
<col class="description">
</colgroup>
<tbody><tr>
<td class="datatype_keyword">enum</td>
<td class="function_name"><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-rw-ops.html#GnomeVFSSeekPosition" title="enum GnomeVFSSeekPosition">GnomeVFSSeekPosition</a></td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
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<a name="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-rw-ops.description"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>
  Reading and writing operations are explained, also <a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-rw-ops.html#gnome-vfs-seek" title="gnome_vfs_seek ()"><code class="function">gnome_vfs_seek()</code></a>, which
  is used to move the file pointer inside the file.
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1">
<a name="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-rw-ops.functions_details"></a><h2>Functions</h2>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gnome-vfs-read"></a><h3>gnome_vfs_read ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult" title="enum GnomeVFSResult"><span class="returnvalue">GnomeVFSResult</span></a>
gnome_vfs_read (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">GnomeVFSHandle</span> *handle</code></em>,
                <em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> buffer</code></em>,
                <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize" title="GnomeVFSFileSize"><span class="type">GnomeVFSFileSize</span></a> bytes</code></em>,
                <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize" title="GnomeVFSFileSize"><span class="type">GnomeVFSFileSize</span></a> *bytes_read</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Read <em class="parameter"><code>bytes</code></em>
 from <em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em>
.  As with Unix system calls, the number of
bytes read can effectively be less than <em class="parameter"><code>bytes</code></em>
 on return and will be
stored in <em class="parameter"><code>bytes_read</code></em>
.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gnome-vfs-read.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
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<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>handle</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>handle of the file to read data from.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>pointer to a buffer that must be at least <em class="parameter"><code>bytes</code></em>
bytes large.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>number of bytes to read.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes_read</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>pointer to a variable that will hold the number of bytes
effectively read on return.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gnome-vfs-read.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> an integer representing the result of the operation.</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gnome-vfs-write"></a><h3>gnome_vfs_write ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult" title="enum GnomeVFSResult"><span class="returnvalue">GnomeVFSResult</span></a>
gnome_vfs_write (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">GnomeVFSHandle</span> *handle</code></em>,
                 <em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gconstpointer"><span class="type">gconstpointer</span></a> buffer</code></em>,
                 <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize" title="GnomeVFSFileSize"><span class="type">GnomeVFSFileSize</span></a> bytes</code></em>,
                 <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize" title="GnomeVFSFileSize"><span class="type">GnomeVFSFileSize</span></a> *bytes_written</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Write <em class="parameter"><code>bytes</code></em>
 into the file opened through <em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em>
.  As with Unix system
calls, the number of bytes written can effectively be less than <em class="parameter"><code>bytes</code></em>
 on
return and will be stored in <em class="parameter"><code>bytes_written</code></em>
.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gnome-vfs-write.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>handle</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>handle of the file to write data to.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>pointer to the buffer containing the data to be written.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>number of bytes to write.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>bytes_written</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>pointer to a variable that will hold the number of bytes
effectively written on return.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gnome-vfs-write.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> an integer representing the result of the operation.</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gnome-vfs-seek"></a><h3>gnome_vfs_seek ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult" title="enum GnomeVFSResult"><span class="returnvalue">GnomeVFSResult</span></a>
gnome_vfs_seek (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">GnomeVFSHandle</span> *handle</code></em>,
                <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-rw-ops.html#GnomeVFSSeekPosition" title="enum GnomeVFSSeekPosition"><span class="type">GnomeVFSSeekPosition</span></a> whence</code></em>,
                <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileOffset" title="GnomeVFSFileOffset"><span class="type">GnomeVFSFileOffset</span></a> offset</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Set the current position for reading/writing through <em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em>
.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gnome-vfs-seek.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>handle</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>handle for which the current position must be changed.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>whence</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>integer value representing the starting position.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>offset</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>number of bytes to skip from the position specified by <em class="parameter"><code>whence</code></em>
.
(a positive value means to move forward; a negative one to move backwards).</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gnome-vfs-seek.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> an integer representing the result of the operation.</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gnome-vfs-tell"></a><h3>gnome_vfs_tell ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult" title="enum GnomeVFSResult"><span class="returnvalue">GnomeVFSResult</span></a>
gnome_vfs_tell (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">GnomeVFSHandle</span> *handle</code></em>,
                <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize" title="GnomeVFSFileSize"><span class="type">GnomeVFSFileSize</span></a> *offset_return</code></em>);</pre>
<p>Return the current position on <em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em>
. This is the point in the file
pointed to by handle that reads and writes will occur on.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gnome-vfs-tell.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>handle</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>handle for which the current position must be retrieved.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>offset_return</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>pointer to a variable that will contain the current position
on return.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gnome-vfs-tell.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> an integer representing the result of the operation.</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="gnome-vfs-forget-cache"></a><h3>gnome_vfs_forget_cache ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-result.html#GnomeVFSResult" title="enum GnomeVFSResult"><span class="returnvalue">GnomeVFSResult</span></a>
gnome_vfs_forget_cache (<em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">GnomeVFSHandle</span> *handle</code></em>,
                        <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileOffset" title="GnomeVFSFileOffset"><span class="type">GnomeVFSFileOffset</span></a> offset</code></em>,
                        <em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-size.html#GnomeVFSFileSize" title="GnomeVFSFileSize"><span class="type">GnomeVFSFileSize</span></a> size</code></em>);</pre>
<p>With this call you can announce to gnome-vfs that you will no longer
use the region of data starting at <em class="parameter"><code>offset</code></em>
 with the size of <em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em>
. Any
cached data for this region might then be freed.</p>
<p>This might be useful if you stream large files, for example.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gnome-vfs-forget-cache.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="150px" class="parameters_name">
<col class="parameters_description">
<col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>handle</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>handle of the file to affect.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>offset</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>start point of the region to be freed.</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="parameter_name"><p>size</p></td>
<td class="parameter_description"><p>length of the region to be freed (or until the end of the
file if 0 is specified).</p></td>
<td class="parameter_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
</div>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="gnome-vfs-forget-cache.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4>
<p> an integer representing the result of the operation.</p>
</div>
<p class="since">Since: 2.12</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="refsect1">
<a name="gnome-vfs-2.0-gnome-vfs-file-rw-ops.other_details"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2>
<div class="refsect2">
<a name="GnomeVFSSeekPosition"></a><h3>enum GnomeVFSSeekPosition</h3>
<p>This is used to specify the start position for seek operations.</p>
<div class="refsect3">
<a name="GnomeVFSSeekPosition.members"></a><h4>Members</h4>
<div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0">
<colgroup>
<col width="300px" class="enum_members_name">
<col class="enum_members_description">
<col width="200px" class="enum_members_annotations">
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="enum_member_name"><p><a name="GNOME-VFS-SEEK-START:CAPS"></a>GNOME_VFS_SEEK_START</p></td>
<td class="enum_member_description">
<p>Start of the file.</p>
</td>
<td class="enum_member_annotations"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="enum_member_name"><p><a name="GNOME-VFS-SEEK-CURRENT:CAPS"></a>GNOME_VFS_SEEK_CURRENT</p></td>
<td class="enum_member_description">
<p>Current position.</p>
</td>
<td class="enum_member_annotations"> </td>
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