get_child_for_display_name


Description:

public abstract File get_child_for_display_name (string display_name) throws Error

Gets the child of this for a given display_name (i.

e. a UTF-8 version of the name). If this function fails, it returns null and throws will be set. This is very useful when constructing a File 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.

This call does no blocking I/O.

Parameters:

this

input File

display_name

string to a possible child

Returns:

a File to the specified child, or null if the display name couldn't be converted. Free the returned object with unref.




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