Get mounted volumes when VFS=local

Platform Core
1

I want to know if Gio.VolumeMonitor does work when VFS environment variable is defined as “local” (and, thus, not using GVFS). If not, is there a “legal” way of getting the mounted volumes without resorting to Udisks DBus interface?

2

It seems to work fine currently:

$ GIO_USE_VFS=local gio mount -l
...
Drive(2): USBest Technology USB Mass Storage Device
  Type: GProxyDrive (GProxyVolumeMonitorUDisks2)
  Volume(0): 1.0 GB Volume
    Type: GProxyVolume (GProxyVolumeMonitorUDisks2)
    Mount(0): 1.0 GB Volume -> file:///run/media/oholy/25124519-d018-42a4-9a14-966efab49dd7
      Type: GProxyMount (GProxyVolumeMonitorUDisks2)
...
$ GIO_USE_VFS=local gio mount -u file:///run/media/oholy/25124519-d018-42a4-9a14-966efab49dd7
1.0 GB Volume unmounted - Filesystem has been disconnected.
$ GIO_USE_VFS=local gio mount -l
...
Drive(2): USBest Technology USB Mass Storage Device
  Type: GProxyDrive (GProxyVolumeMonitorUDisks2)
  Volume(0): 1.0 GB Volume
    Type: GProxyVolume (GProxyVolumeMonitorUDisks2)
...
$ GIO_USE_VFS=local gio mount -d 25124519-d018-42a4-9a14-966efab49dd7
$ GIO_USE_VFS=local gio mount -l
...
Drive(2): USBest Technology USB Mass Storage Device
  Type: GProxyDrive (GProxyVolumeMonitorUDisks2)
  Volume(0): 1.0 GB Volume
    Type: GProxyVolume (GProxyVolumeMonitorUDisks2)
    Mount(0): 1.0 GB Volume -> file:///run/media/oholy/25124519-d018-42a4-9a14-966efab49dd7
      Type: GProxyMount (GProxyVolumeMonitorUDisks2)
...

However, I am thinking about disabling that (see Draft: monitor: Do not load monitors when GIO_USE_VFS=local (!193) · Merge requests · GNOME / gvfs · GitLab).

3

Agh! I shouldn’t have asked! :smiley: (EDIT: just joking)

4

That MR is not a reaction to your question, but an attempt to fix one issue reported downstream. However, I am not fully convinced about this concrete solution. Can you please tell me about your considered use-case? Wouldn’t be the unix volume monitor enough for your purpose?

5

You can try it by setting the GIO_USE_VOLUME_MONITOR=unix envar.

6

My last comment was only a joke :slight_smile: , sorry for the misunderstanding. About my use case, I need the trash object to work when the program is inside a container (and thus VFS is set as local). The trash portal isn’t enough, because I’m working on containerizing both gnome shell and nautilus, so I was considering doing a trash:/// implementation for local to allow to have both the “trash icon” correctly refreshed in the desktop, and getting access to the trash from Nautilus.

7

This topic was automatically closed 14 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.