Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-05-20

Chapter 12. System Utilities

gvfs-1.12.3

Introduction to Gvfs

The Gvfs package is an userspace virtual filesystem designed to work with the I/O abstractions of GLib's GIO library.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0 platform.

Package Information

Gvfs Dependencies

Required

D-BUS-1.4.20, intltool-0.50.0 and pkg-config-0.26

Recommended

libgnome-keyring-3.4.1, libsoup-2.38.1 and UDisks2-1.97.0

Optional

Avahi-0.6.31, BlueZ, fuse-2.9.0, libarchive-3.0.3, libbluray, libcdio, libgphoto2, libimobiledevice and Samba-3.6.4

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gvfs

Installation of Gvfs

Install Gvfs by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --libexecdir=/usr/lib/gvfs &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: gvfs-cat, gvfs-copy, gvfs-info, gvfs-less, gvfs-ls, gvfs-mime, gvfs-mkdir, gvfs-monitor-dir, gvfs-monitor-file, gvfs-mount, gvfs-move, gvfs-open, gvfs-rename, gvfs-rm, gvfs-save, gvfs-set-attribute, gvfs-trash, gvfs-tree and several executables in /usr/lib/gvfs
Installed Libraries: libgvfscommon.so and libgvfscommon-dnssd.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/gvfs-client, /usr/lib/gvfs and /usr/share/gvfs

Short Descriptions

gvfs-cat

prints a file to standard output using the virtual file system to access the file via a URI.

gvfs-copy

copies a file from one URI location to another using the virtual file system.

gvfs-info

prints information about files and directories using the virtual file system.

gvfs-less

executes less using the VFS as input preprocesor, so less can access any resource accessible by any of the Gvfs backends.

gvfs-ls

lists the content of directories using the virtual file system.

gvfs-mkdir

makes a directory specified by an URI using the virtual file system.

gvfs-monitor-dir

monitors the change content of a directory using the virtual file system.

gvfs-monitor-file

monitors the change of a file using the virtual file system.

gvfs-mount

mounts, unmounts and lists file systems using the virtual file system.

gvfs-move

moves a file from one URI location to another using the virtual file system.

gvfs-open

opens an URI using the appropiate application.

gvfs-rename

changes the name of a file or directory using the virtual file system.

gvfs-rm

removes a directory entry using the virtual file system via a URI.

gvfs-save

saves information to a file using the virtual file system.

gvfs-trash

moves a directory entry to the trash using the virtual file system.

gvfs-tree

lists contents of directories in a tree-like format using the virtual file system.

libgvfscommon.so

contains common API functions used in Gvfs programs.

libgvfscommon-dnssd.so

contains API functions used in Gvfs DNS/SD backend.

Last updated on 2012-05-16 16:39:28 +0000