Cancellable.getFd

Gets the file descriptor for a cancellable job. This can be used to implement cancellable operations on Unix systems. The returned fd will turn readable when cancellable is cancelled.

You are not supposed to read from the fd yourself, just check for readable status. Reading to unset the readable status is done with [gio.cancellable.Cancellable.reset].

After a successful return from this function, you should use [gio.cancellable.Cancellable.releaseFd] to free up resources allocated for the returned file descriptor.

See also [gio.cancellable.Cancellable.makePollfd].