gFileMonitor {RGtk2} | R Documentation

## gFileMonitor

### Description

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

### Usage

    gFileMonitor(object, flags = "G_FILE_MONITOR_NONE", cancellable = NULL,
        .errwarn = TRUE)

### Arguments

``object`` | input `GFile`
``flags`` | a set of `GFileMonitorFlags`
``cancellable`` | optional `GCancellable` object, `NULL` to ignore
`.errwarn` | Whether to issue a warning on error or fail silently

### Details

If `cancellable` is not `NULL`, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error `G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED` will be returned. Since 2.18

### Value

A list containing the following elements:

`retval` | [`GFileMonitor`] a `GFileMonitor` for the given `file`, or `NULL` on error.
``error`` | a `GError`, or `NULL`

### Author(s)

Derived by RGtkGen from GTK+ documentation

[Package RGtk2 version 2.20.36.3 Index]