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<refentry id="gvfs">
<refentryinfo>
<title>gvfs</title>
<productname>gvfs</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Alexander</firstname>
<surname>Larsson</surname>
<email>alexl@redhat.com</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>gvfs</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="manual">Conventions and miscellaneous</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>gvfs</refname>
<refpurpose>GIO virtual file system</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>GIO provides a VFS API to GLib applications. It
includes a 'local' implementation using POSIX. gvfs
provides implementations that go beyond that and allow
to access files and storage using many protocols, such
as ftp, http, sftp, dav, obexftp, etc. It also provides
support for trash folders, for cd burning and for monitoring
interesting devices and volumes on the computer.</para>
<para>Applications use gvfs indirectly, by means of GIO
loading the gvfs module that implements the GIO extension
points. The gvfs support for volume monitoring is included
in a separate loadable module.</para>
<para>The actual gvfs implementation is distributed over
a number of processes. None of these are expected to be
started from the commandline, except for debugging
purposes.</para>
<para>Main processes:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>gvfsd - the main gvfs daemon</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfs-fuse-daemon - mounts gvfs as a fuse filesystem</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-metadata - writes gvfs metadata</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
Volume monitors:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor - a udisks-based volume monitor</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfs-afc-volume-monitor - a volume monitor for Apple iPhone/iPod Touch devices</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
Mount backends:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-afc - mounts iPhone/iPod touch volumes</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-afp - mounts Apple Filing Protocol volumes</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-afp-browse - browses Apple Filing Protocol volumes</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-archive - mounts archive files in various formats</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-burn - provides a location for burning CDs</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-cdda - mounts audio CDs</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-computer - provides computer://</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-dav - mounts DAV filesystems</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-dnssd - browses dnssd</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-ftp - mounts over FTP</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-http - mounts over HTTP</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-localtest - a test backend</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-network - provides network://</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-obexftp - mounts over obexftp</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-recent - provides recent://</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-sftp - mounts over sftp</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-smb - mounts Windows Shares Filesystem volumes</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-smb-browse - browses Windows Shares Filesystem volumes</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>gvfsd-trash - provides trash://</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Environment</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><envar>GIO_USE_VFS</envar></term>
<listitem><para>If set, specifies the GIO vfs
implementation to use. Possible values include
'local' and 'gvfs'.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><envar>GIO_USE_VOLUME_MONITOR</envar></term>
<listitem><para>If set, specifies the GIO volume
monitor implementation to use. Possible values include
'unix', 'GProxyVolumeMonitorUDisks2', as well as
other native volume monitors that are described in
the key files in
<filename><envar>$XDG_DATA_DIRS</envar>/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors</filename>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Files</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename><envar>$XDG_DATA_DIRS</envar>/gvfs/mounts</filename></term>
<listitem><para>This directory contains key files
describing mount daemons.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename><envar>$XDG_DATA_DIRS</envar>/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors</filename></term>
<listitem><para>This directory contains key files
describing remote volume monitors.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<ulink url="http://developer.gnome.org/gio">GIO documentation</ulink>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gvfsd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gvfsd-fuse</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gvfsd-metadata</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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