glib/docs/reference/gio/migrating.xml

<chapter id="migrating">
  <title>Migrating to GIO</title>

  <para>
    This chapter explains how to port applications from POSIX I/O or
    gnome-vfs to GIO.
  </para>

  <table id="posix-vs-gio">
    <title>Comparison of POSIX and GIO concepts</title>
    <tgroup cols="2">
      <thead>
        <row><entry>POSIX</entry><entry>GIO</entry></row>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
        <row><entry>char *path</entry><entry>GFile *file</entry></row>
        <row><entry>struct stat *buf</entry><entry>GFileInfo *info</entry></row>
        <row><entry>struct statvfs *buf</entry><entry>GFileInfo *info</entry></row>
        <row><entry morerows="1">int fd</entry><entry>GInputStream *in</entry></row>
        <row><entry>GOutputStream *out</entry></row>
        <row><entry>DIR *</entry><entry>GFileEnumerator *enum</entry></row>
        <row><entry>fstab entry</entry><entry>GUnixMountPoint *mount_point</entry></row>
        <row><entry>mtab entry</entry><entry>GUnixMountEntry *mount_entry</entry></row>
      </tbody>
    </tgroup>
 </table>  

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</chapter>