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IOFlags
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.. currentmodule:: gi.repository.GLib





.. class:: IOFlags
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Specifies properties of a :obj:`~gi.repository.GLib.IOChannel`. Some of the flags can only be
read with :func:`~gi.repository.GLib.IOChannel.get_flags`, but not changed with
:func:`~gi.repository.GLib.IOChannel.set_flags`.













Fields
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: IOFlags
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   .. attribute:: APPEND

      Turns on append mode, corresponds to ``%O_APPEND``
      (see the documentation of the UNIX open() syscall)







   .. attribute:: GET_MASK

      The mask of the flags that are returned from
      :func:`~gi.repository.GLib.IOChannel.get_flags`







   .. attribute:: IS_READABLE

      Indicates that the io channel is readable.
      This flag cannot be changed.







   .. attribute:: IS_SEEKABLE

      Indicates that the io channel is seekable,
      i.e. that :func:`~gi.repository.GLib.IOChannel.seek_position` can be used on it.
      This flag cannot be changed.







   .. attribute:: IS_WRITABLE

      Indicates that the io channel is writable.
      This flag cannot be changed.







   .. attribute:: IS_WRITEABLE

      A misspelled version of ``G_IO_FLAG_IS_WRITABLE``
      that existed before the spelling was fixed in GLib 2.30. It is kept
      here for compatibility reasons. Deprecated since 2.30







   .. attribute:: MASK

      The mask that specifies all the valid flags.







   .. attribute:: NONBLOCK

      Turns on nonblocking mode, corresponds to
      ``%O_NONBLOCK``/``%O_NDELAY`` (see the documentation of the UNIX open()
      syscall)







   .. attribute:: NONE

      No special flags set. Since: 2.74







   .. attribute:: SET_MASK

      The mask of the flags that the user can modify
      with :func:`~gi.repository.GLib.IOChannel.set_flags`