Function

Dex-1 ▶ Dex ▶ file_replace_contents`Since 1.2`

file_replace_contents(
    file: Gio.File,
    contents: string | Uint8Array<ArrayBufferLike>,
    etag: string,
    make_backup: boolean,
    flags: Gio.FileCreateFlags,
): Dex.Future
Wraps Gio.File.replace_contents_async.

This function copies contents into a GLib.Bytes so the caller does not need to keep the buffer alive for the duration of the operation.
Parameters
- file: Gio.File
  a Gio.File
- contents: string | Uint8Array<ArrayBufferLike>
  the contents to write
- etag: string
  the etag or null
- make_backup: boolean
  if a backup file should be created
- flags: Gio.FileCreateFlags
  a set of Gio.FileCreateFlags
Returns Dex.Future
a Dex.Future which resolves to the new etag, or null if no etag is available.

Since
1.2
- Defined in dex-1/dex-1.d.ts:668