glib/docs/reference/gio/migrating.xml

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

  <chapter>
    <title>Migrating from POSIX to GIO</title>
  
    <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>  

  </chapter>

  <chapter>
    <title>Migrating from GnomeVFS to GIO</title>

    <table id="gnome-vfs-vs-gio">
      <title>Comparison of GnomeVFS and GIO concepts</title>
      <tgroup cols="2">
        <thead>
          <row><entry>GnomeVFS</entry><entry>GIO</entry></row>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          <row><entry>GnomeVFSURI</entry><entry>GFile</entry></row>
          <row><entry>GnomeVFSFileInfo</entry><entry>GFileInfo</entry></row>
          <row><entry>GnomeVFSResult</entry><entry>GError, with G_IO_ERROR values</entry></row>
          <row><entry>GnomeVFSHandle & GnomeVFSAsyncHandle</entry><entry>GInputStream or GOutputStream</entry></row>
          <row><entry>GnomeVFSDirectoryHandle</entry><entry>GFileEnumerator</entry></row>
          <row><entry>mime type</entry><entry>content type</entry></row>
          <row><entry>GnomeVFSMonitor</entry><entry>GFileMonitor and GDirectoryMonitor</entry></row>
          <row><entry>GnomeVFSVolumeMonitor</entry><entry>GVolumeMonitor</entry></row>
          <row><entry>GnomeVFSVolume</entry><entry>GMount</entry></row>
          <row><entry>GnomeVFSDrive</entry><entry>GVolume</entry></row>
          <row><entry>-</entry><entry>GDrive</entry></row>
          <row><entry>GnomeVFSContext</entry><entry>GCancellable</entry></row>
          <row><entry>gnome_vfs_async_cancel</entry><entry>g_cancellable_cancel</entry></row>
        </tbody>
      </tgroup>
    </table>

  </chapter>

</part>