Function

GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.init_modules

Declaration [src]

gboolean
gdk_pixbuf_init_modules (
  const char* path,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Initalizes the gdk-pixbuf loader modules referenced by the loaders.cache file present inside that directory.

This is to be used by applications that want to ship certain loaders in a different location from the system ones.

This is needed when the OS or runtime ships a minimal number of loaders so as to reduce the potential attack surface of carefully crafted image files, especially for uncommon file types. Applications that require broader image file types coverage, such as image viewers, would be expected to ship the gdk-pixbuf modules in a separate location, bundled with the application in a separate directory from the OS or runtime- provided modules.

Parameters

path const char*
 

Path to directory where the loaders.cache is installed

 Ownership is not transferred to the callee
 The string is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string

Return value

Returns: gboolean
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