Method

GExiv2Metadataopen_path

Declaration [src]

gboolean
gexiv2_metadata_open_path (
  GExiv2Metadata* self,
  const gchar* path,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Populate metadata from path.

The file must be an image format supported by Exiv2. If called multiple times, current metadata will be replaced by the content of the last file opened.

Parameters

path

Type: const gchar*

Path to the file you want to open.

The data is owned by the caller of the method.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.
If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.
The argument will be left initialized to NULL by the method if there are no errors.
In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: gboolean

Boolean success indicator.