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This class contains a set of options for launching child processes, such as where its standard input and output will be directed, the argument list, the environment, and more.

While the #GSubprocess class has high level functions covering popular cases, use of this class allows access to more advanced options. It can also be used to launch multiple subprocesses with a similar configuration.

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gTypeInstance: TypeInstance
name: string

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  • Creates a binding between source_property on source and target_property on target.

    Whenever the source_property is changed the target_property is updated using the same value. For instance:

      g_object_bind_property (action, "active", widget, "sensitive", 0);
    

    Will result in the "sensitive" property of the widget #GObject instance to be updated with the same value of the "active" property of the action #GObject instance.

    If flags contains %G_BINDING_BIDIRECTIONAL then the binding will be mutual: if target_property on target changes then the source_property on source will be updated as well.

    The binding will automatically be removed when either the source or the target instances are finalized. To remove the binding without affecting the source and the target you can just call g_object_unref() on the returned #GBinding instance.

    Removing the binding by calling g_object_unref() on it must only be done if the binding, source and target are only used from a single thread and it is clear that both source and target outlive the binding. Especially it is not safe to rely on this if the binding, source or target can be finalized from different threads. Keep another reference to the binding and use g_binding_unbind() instead to be on the safe side.

    A #GObject can have multiple bindings.

    Parameters

    • sourceProperty: string

      the property on source to bind

    • target: GObject.Object

      the target #GObject

    • targetProperty: string

      the property on target to bind

    • flags: BindingFlags

      flags to pass to #GBinding

    Returns Binding

  • Creates a binding between source_property on source and target_property on target, allowing you to set the transformation functions to be used by the binding.

    This function is the language bindings friendly version of g_object_bind_property_full(), using #GClosures instead of function pointers.

    Parameters

    • sourceProperty: string

      the property on source to bind

    • target: GObject.Object

      the target #GObject

    • targetProperty: string

      the property on target to bind

    • flags: BindingFlags

      flags to pass to #GBinding

    • transformTo: TClosure<any, any>

      a #GClosure wrapping the transformation function from the source to the target, or %NULL to use the default

    • transformFrom: TClosure<any, any>

      a #GClosure wrapping the transformation function from the target to the source, or %NULL to use the default

    Returns Binding

  • close(): void
  • Closes all the file descriptors previously passed to the object with g_subprocess_launcher_take_fd(), g_subprocess_launcher_take_stderr_fd(), etc.

    After calling this method, any subsequent calls to g_subprocess_launcher_spawn() or g_subprocess_launcher_spawnv() will return %G_IO_ERROR_CLOSED. This method is idempotent if called more than once.

    This function is called automatically when the #GSubprocessLauncher is disposed, but is provided separately so that garbage collected language bindings can call it earlier to guarantee when FDs are closed.

    Returns void

  • connect(sigName: "notify::flags", callback: ((...args: any[]) => void)): number
  • connect(sigName: string, callback: ((...args: any[]) => void)): number
  • Parameters

    • sigName: "notify::flags"
    • callback: ((...args: any[]) => void)
        • (...args: any[]): void
        • Parameters

          • Rest ...args: any[]

          Returns void

    Returns number

  • Parameters

    • sigName: string
    • callback: ((...args: any[]) => void)
        • (...args: any[]): void
        • Parameters

          • Rest ...args: any[]

          Returns void

    Returns number

  • emit(sigName: "notify::flags", ...args: any[]): void
  • emit(sigName: string, ...args: any[]): void
  • forceFloating(): void
  • This function is intended for #GObject implementations to re-enforce a [floating][floating-ref] object reference. Doing this is seldom required: all #GInitiallyUnowneds are created with a floating reference which usually just needs to be sunken by calling g_object_ref_sink().

    Returns void

  • freezeNotify(): void
  • Increases the freeze count on object. If the freeze count is non-zero, the emission of "notify" signals on object is stopped. The signals are queued until the freeze count is decreased to zero. Duplicate notifications are squashed so that at most one #GObject::notify signal is emitted for each property modified while the object is frozen.

    This is necessary for accessors that modify multiple properties to prevent premature notification while the object is still being modified.

    Returns void

  • getData(key?: string): object
  • Gets a named field from the objects table of associations (see g_object_set_data()).

    Parameters

    • Optional key: string

      name of the key for that association

    Returns object

  • getProperty(propertyName?: string, value?: any): void
  • Gets a property of an object.

    The value can be:

    • an empty #GValue initialized by %G_VALUE_INIT, which will be automatically initialized with the expected type of the property (since GLib 2.60)
    • a #GValue initialized with the expected type of the property
    • a #GValue initialized with a type to which the expected type of the property can be transformed

    In general, a copy is made of the property contents and the caller is responsible for freeing the memory by calling g_value_unset().

    Note that g_object_get_property() is really intended for language bindings, g_object_get() is much more convenient for C programming.

    Parameters

    • Optional propertyName: string

      the name of the property to get

    • Optional value: any

      return location for the property value

    Returns void

  • getQdata(quark: number): object
  • This function gets back user data pointers stored via g_object_set_qdata().

    Parameters

    • quark: number

      A #GQuark, naming the user data pointer

    Returns object

  • getenv(variable: string): string
  • Returns the value of the environment variable variable in the environment of processes launched from this launcher.

    On UNIX, the returned string can be an arbitrary byte string. On Windows, it will be UTF-8.

    Parameters

    • variable: string

      the environment variable to get

    Returns string

  • getv(names: string[], values: any[]): void
  • Gets n_properties properties for an object. Obtained properties will be set to values. All properties must be valid. Warnings will be emitted and undefined behaviour may result if invalid properties are passed in.

    Parameters

    • names: string[]

      the names of each property to get

    • values: any[]

      the values of each property to get

    Returns void

  • isFloating(): boolean
  • notify(propertyName: string): void
  • Emits a "notify" signal for the property property_name on object.

    When possible, eg. when signaling a property change from within the class that registered the property, you should use g_object_notify_by_pspec() instead.

    Note that emission of the notify signal may be blocked with g_object_freeze_notify(). In this case, the signal emissions are queued and will be emitted (in reverse order) when g_object_thaw_notify() is called.

    Parameters

    • propertyName: string

      the name of a property installed on the class of object.

    Returns void

  • Emits a "notify" signal for the property specified by pspec on object.

    This function omits the property name lookup, hence it is faster than g_object_notify().

    One way to avoid using g_object_notify() from within the class that registered the properties, and using g_object_notify_by_pspec() instead, is to store the GParamSpec used with g_object_class_install_property() inside a static array, e.g.:

      enum
    {
    PROP_0,
    PROP_FOO,
    PROP_LAST
    };

    static GParamSpec *properties[PROP_LAST];

    static void
    my_object_class_init (MyObjectClass *klass)
    {
    properties[PROP_FOO] = g_param_spec_int ("foo", "Foo", "The foo",
    0, 100,
    50,
    G_PARAM_READWRITE);
    g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class,
    PROP_FOO,
    properties[PROP_FOO]);
    }

    and then notify a change on the "foo" property with:

      g_object_notify_by_pspec (self, properties[PROP_FOO]);
    

    Parameters

    • pspec: ParamSpec

      the #GParamSpec of a property installed on the class of object.

    Returns void

  • off(sigName: "notify::flags", callback: ((...args: any[]) => void)): EventEmitter
  • off(sigName: string, callback: ((...args: any[]) => void)): EventEmitter
  • Parameters

    • sigName: "notify::flags"
    • callback: ((...args: any[]) => void)
        • (...args: any[]): void
        • Parameters

          • Rest ...args: any[]

          Returns void

    Returns EventEmitter

  • Parameters

    • sigName: string
    • callback: ((...args: any[]) => void)
        • (...args: any[]): void
        • Parameters

          • Rest ...args: any[]

          Returns void

    Returns EventEmitter

  • on(sigName: "notify::flags", callback: ((...args: any[]) => void), after?: boolean): EventEmitter
  • on(sigName: string, callback: ((...args: any[]) => void), after?: boolean): EventEmitter
  • Parameters

    • sigName: "notify::flags"
    • callback: ((...args: any[]) => void)
        • (...args: any[]): void
        • Parameters

          • Rest ...args: any[]

          Returns void

    • Optional after: boolean

    Returns EventEmitter

  • Parameters

    • sigName: string
    • callback: ((...args: any[]) => void)
        • (...args: any[]): void
        • Parameters

          • Rest ...args: any[]

          Returns void

    • Optional after: boolean

    Returns EventEmitter

  • once(sigName: "notify::flags", callback: ((...args: any[]) => void), after?: boolean): EventEmitter
  • once(sigName: string, callback: ((...args: any[]) => void), after?: boolean): EventEmitter
  • Parameters

    • sigName: "notify::flags"
    • callback: ((...args: any[]) => void)
        • (...args: any[]): void
        • Parameters

          • Rest ...args: any[]

          Returns void

    • Optional after: boolean

    Returns EventEmitter

  • Parameters

    • sigName: string
    • callback: ((...args: any[]) => void)
        • (...args: any[]): void
        • Parameters

          • Rest ...args: any[]

          Returns void

    • Optional after: boolean

    Returns EventEmitter

  • Increases the reference count of object.

    Since GLib 2.56, if GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED is 2.56 or greater, the type of object will be propagated to the return type (using the GCC typeof() extension), so any casting the caller needs to do on the return type must be explicit.

    Returns GObject.Object

  • Increase the reference count of object, and possibly remove the [floating][floating-ref] reference, if object has a floating reference.

    In other words, if the object is floating, then this call "assumes ownership" of the floating reference, converting it to a normal reference by clearing the floating flag while leaving the reference count unchanged. If the object is not floating, then this call adds a new normal reference increasing the reference count by one.

    Since GLib 2.56, the type of object will be propagated to the return type under the same conditions as for g_object_ref().

    Returns GObject.Object

  • runDispose(): void
  • Releases all references to other objects. This can be used to break reference cycles.

    This function should only be called from object system implementations.

    Returns void

  • setCwd(cwd: string): void
  • Sets the current working directory that processes will be launched with.

    By default processes are launched with the current working directory of the launching process at the time of launch.

    Parameters

    • cwd: string

      the cwd for launched processes

    Returns void

  • setData(key: string, data?: object): void
  • Each object carries around a table of associations from strings to pointers. This function lets you set an association.

    If the object already had an association with that name, the old association will be destroyed.

    Internally, the key is converted to a #GQuark using g_quark_from_string(). This means a copy of key is kept permanently (even after object has been finalized) — so it is recommended to only use a small, bounded set of values for key in your program, to avoid the #GQuark storage growing unbounded.

    Parameters

    • key: string

      name of the key

    • Optional data: object

      data to associate with that key

    Returns void

  • setEnviron(env: string[]): void
  • Replace the entire environment of processes launched from this launcher with the given 'environ' variable.

    Typically you will build this variable by using g_listenv() to copy the process 'environ' and using the functions g_environ_setenv(), g_environ_unsetenv(), etc.

    As an alternative, you can use g_subprocess_launcher_setenv(), g_subprocess_launcher_unsetenv(), etc.

    Pass an empty array to set an empty environment. Pass %NULL to inherit the parent process’ environment. As of GLib 2.54, the parent process’ environment will be copied when g_subprocess_launcher_set_environ() is called. Previously, it was copied when the subprocess was executed. This means the copied environment may now be modified (using g_subprocess_launcher_setenv(), etc.) before launching the subprocess.

    On UNIX, all strings in this array can be arbitrary byte strings. On Windows, they should be in UTF-8.

    Parameters

    • env: string[]

      the replacement environment

    Returns void

  • Sets the flags on the launcher.

    The default flags are %G_SUBPROCESS_FLAGS_NONE.

    You may not set flags that specify conflicting options for how to handle a particular stdio stream (eg: specifying both %G_SUBPROCESS_FLAGS_STDIN_PIPE and %G_SUBPROCESS_FLAGS_STDIN_INHERIT).

    You may also not set a flag that conflicts with a previous call to a function like g_subprocess_launcher_set_stdin_file_path() or g_subprocess_launcher_take_stdout_fd().

    Parameters

    Returns void

  • setProperty(propertyName: string, value?: any): void
  • Sets a property on an object.

    Parameters

    • propertyName: string

      the name of the property to set

    • Optional value: any

      the value

    Returns void

  • setStderrFilePath(path: string): void
  • Sets the file path to use as the stderr for spawned processes.

    If path is %NULL then any previously given path is unset.

    The file will be created or truncated when the process is spawned, as would be the case if using '2>' at the shell.

    If you want to send both stdout and stderr to the same file then use %G_SUBPROCESS_FLAGS_STDERR_MERGE.

    You may not set a stderr file path if a stderr fd is already set or if the launcher flags contain any flags directing stderr elsewhere.

    This feature is only available on UNIX.

    Parameters

    • path: string

      a filename or %NULL

    Returns void

  • setStdinFilePath(path: string): void
  • Sets the file path to use as the stdin for spawned processes.

    If path is %NULL then any previously given path is unset.

    The file must exist or spawning the process will fail.

    You may not set a stdin file path if a stdin fd is already set or if the launcher flags contain any flags directing stdin elsewhere.

    This feature is only available on UNIX.

    Parameters

    • path: string

    Returns void

  • setStdoutFilePath(path: string): void
  • Sets the file path to use as the stdout for spawned processes.

    If path is %NULL then any previously given path is unset.

    The file will be created or truncated when the process is spawned, as would be the case if using '>' at the shell.

    You may not set a stdout file path if a stdout fd is already set or if the launcher flags contain any flags directing stdout elsewhere.

    This feature is only available on UNIX.

    Parameters

    • path: string

      a filename or %NULL

    Returns void

  • setenv(variable: string, value: string, overwrite: boolean): void
  • Sets the environment variable variable in the environment of processes launched from this launcher.

    On UNIX, both the variable's name and value can be arbitrary byte strings, except that the variable's name cannot contain '='. On Windows, they should be in UTF-8.

    Parameters

    • variable: string

      the environment variable to set, must not contain '='

    • value: string

      the new value for the variable

    • overwrite: boolean

      whether to change the variable if it already exists

    Returns void

  • Creates a #GSubprocess given a provided array of arguments.

    Parameters

    • argv: string[]

      Command line arguments

    Returns Gio.Subprocess

  • stealData(key?: string): object
  • Remove a specified datum from the object's data associations, without invoking the association's destroy handler.

    Parameters

    • Optional key: string

      name of the key

    Returns object

  • stealQdata(quark: number): object
  • This function gets back user data pointers stored via g_object_set_qdata() and removes the data from object without invoking its destroy() function (if any was set). Usually, calling this function is only required to update user data pointers with a destroy notifier, for example:

    void
    object_add_to_user_list (GObject *object,
    const gchar *new_string)
    {
    // the quark, naming the object data
    GQuark quark_string_list = g_quark_from_static_string ("my-string-list");
    // retrieve the old string list
    GList *list = g_object_steal_qdata (object, quark_string_list);

    // prepend new string
    list = g_list_prepend (list, g_strdup (new_string));
    // this changed 'list', so we need to set it again
    g_object_set_qdata_full (object, quark_string_list, list, free_string_list);
    }
    static void
    free_string_list (gpointer data)
    {
    GList *node, *list = data;

    for (node = list; node; node = node->next)
    g_free (node->data);
    g_list_free (list);
    }

    Using g_object_get_qdata() in the above example, instead of g_object_steal_qdata() would have left the destroy function set, and thus the partial string list would have been freed upon g_object_set_qdata_full().

    Parameters

    • quark: number

      A #GQuark, naming the user data pointer

    Returns object

  • takeFd(sourceFd: number, targetFd: number): void
  • Transfer an arbitrary file descriptor from parent process to the child. This function takes ownership of the source_fd; it will be closed in the parent when self is freed.

    By default, all file descriptors from the parent will be closed. This function allows you to create (for example) a custom pipe() or socketpair() before launching the process, and choose the target descriptor in the child.

    An example use case is GNUPG, which has a command line argument --passphrase-fd providing a file descriptor number where it expects the passphrase to be written.

    Parameters

    • sourceFd: number

      File descriptor in parent process

    • targetFd: number

      Target descriptor for child process

    Returns void

  • takeStderrFd(fd: number): void
  • Sets the file descriptor to use as the stderr for spawned processes.

    If fd is -1 then any previously given fd is unset.

    Note that the default behaviour is to pass stderr through to the stderr of the parent process.

    The passed fd belongs to the #GSubprocessLauncher. It will be automatically closed when the launcher is finalized. The file descriptor will also be closed on the child side when executing the spawned process.

    You may not set a stderr fd if a stderr file path is already set or if the launcher flags contain any flags directing stderr elsewhere.

    This feature is only available on UNIX.

    Parameters

    • fd: number

      a file descriptor, or -1

    Returns void

  • takeStdinFd(fd: number): void
  • Sets the file descriptor to use as the stdin for spawned processes.

    If fd is -1 then any previously given fd is unset.

    Note that if your intention is to have the stdin of the calling process inherited by the child then %G_SUBPROCESS_FLAGS_STDIN_INHERIT is a better way to go about doing that.

    The passed fd is noted but will not be touched in the current process. It is therefore necessary that it be kept open by the caller until the subprocess is spawned. The file descriptor will also not be explicitly closed on the child side, so it must be marked O_CLOEXEC if that's what you want.

    You may not set a stdin fd if a stdin file path is already set or if the launcher flags contain any flags directing stdin elsewhere.

    This feature is only available on UNIX.

    Parameters

    • fd: number

      a file descriptor, or -1

    Returns void

  • takeStdoutFd(fd: number): void
  • Sets the file descriptor to use as the stdout for spawned processes.

    If fd is -1 then any previously given fd is unset.

    Note that the default behaviour is to pass stdout through to the stdout of the parent process.

    The passed fd is noted but will not be touched in the current process. It is therefore necessary that it be kept open by the caller until the subprocess is spawned. The file descriptor will also not be explicitly closed on the child side, so it must be marked O_CLOEXEC if that's what you want.

    You may not set a stdout fd if a stdout file path is already set or if the launcher flags contain any flags directing stdout elsewhere.

    This feature is only available on UNIX.

    Parameters

    • fd: number

      a file descriptor, or -1

    Returns void

  • thawNotify(): void
  • Reverts the effect of a previous call to g_object_freeze_notify(). The freeze count is decreased on object and when it reaches zero, queued "notify" signals are emitted.

    Duplicate notifications for each property are squashed so that at most one #GObject::notify signal is emitted for each property, in the reverse order in which they have been queued.

    It is an error to call this function when the freeze count is zero.

    Returns void

  • unref(): void
  • Decreases the reference count of object. When its reference count drops to 0, the object is finalized (i.e. its memory is freed).

    If the pointer to the #GObject may be reused in future (for example, if it is an instance variable of another object), it is recommended to clear the pointer to %NULL rather than retain a dangling pointer to a potentially invalid #GObject instance. Use g_clear_object() for this.

    Returns void

  • unsetenv(variable: string): void
  • Removes the environment variable variable from the environment of processes launched from this launcher.

    On UNIX, the variable's name can be an arbitrary byte string not containing '='. On Windows, it should be in UTF-8.

    Parameters

    • variable: string

      the environment variable to unset, must not contain '='

    Returns void

  • watchClosure(closure: TClosure<any, any>): void
  • This function essentially limits the life time of the closure to the life time of the object. That is, when the object is finalized, the closure is invalidated by calling g_closure_invalidate() on it, in order to prevent invocations of the closure with a finalized (nonexisting) object. Also, g_object_ref() and g_object_unref() are added as marshal guards to the closure, to ensure that an extra reference count is held on object during invocation of the closure. Usually, this function will be called on closures that use this object as closure data.

    Parameters

    • closure: TClosure<any, any>

      #GClosure to watch

    Returns void

  • compatControl(what: number, data: object): number
  • Find the #GParamSpec with the given name for an interface. Generally, the interface vtable passed in as g_iface will be the default vtable from g_type_default_interface_ref(), or, if you know the interface has already been loaded, g_type_default_interface_peek().

    Parameters

    • gIface: TypeInterface

      any interface vtable for the interface, or the default vtable for the interface

    • propertyName: string

      name of a property to look up.

    Returns ParamSpec

  • Add a property to an interface; this is only useful for interfaces that are added to GObject-derived types. Adding a property to an interface forces all objects classes with that interface to have a compatible property. The compatible property could be a newly created #GParamSpec, but normally g_object_class_override_property() will be used so that the object class only needs to provide an implementation and inherits the property description, default value, bounds, and so forth from the interface property.

    This function is meant to be called from the interface's default vtable initialization function (the class_init member of #GTypeInfo.) It must not be called after after class_init has been called for any object types implementing this interface.

    If pspec is a floating reference, it will be consumed.

    Parameters

    • gIface: TypeInterface

      any interface vtable for the interface, or the default vtable for the interface.

    • pspec: ParamSpec

      the #GParamSpec for the new property

    Returns void

  • Lists the properties of an interface.Generally, the interface vtable passed in as g_iface will be the default vtable from g_type_default_interface_ref(), or, if you know the interface has already been loaded, g_type_default_interface_peek().

    Parameters

    • gIface: TypeInterface

      any interface vtable for the interface, or the default vtable for the interface

    Returns ParamSpec[]

  • Creates a new #GSubprocessLauncher.

    The launcher is created with the default options. A copy of the environment of the calling process is made at the time of this call and will be used as the environment that the process is launched in.

    Parameters

    Returns Gio.SubprocessLauncher

  • Creates a new instance of a #GObject subtype and sets its properties.

    Construction parameters (see %G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT, %G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY) which are not explicitly specified are set to their default values.

    Parameters

    • objectType: GType<unknown>

      the type id of the #GObject subtype to instantiate

    • parameters: GObject.Parameter[]

      an array of #GParameter

    Returns GObject.Object

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