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GVFS(7) 		  Conventions and miscellaneous 		 GVFS(7)

NAME
     gvfs - GIO virtual file system

DESCRIPTION
     GIO  provides  a VFS API to GLib applications. It includes a 'local' imple-
     mentation 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, nfs, etc. It also provides support for trash folders,  for
     cd  burning  and for monitoring interesting devices and volumes on the com-
     puter.

     Applications use gvfs indirectly, by means of GIO loading the  gvfs  module
     that implements the GIO extension points. The gvfs support for volume moni-
     toring is included in a separate loadable module.

     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.

     Main processes:

     *	 gvfsd - the main gvfs daemon

     *	 gvfsd-fuse - mounts gvfs as a fuse filesystem

     *	 gvfsd-metadata - writes gvfs metadata

     Volume monitors:

     *	 gvfs-afc-volume-monitor  - a volume monitor for Apple iPhone/iPod Touch
	 devices

     *	 gvfs-goa-volume-monitor - a volume monitor for GNOME Online Accounts

     *	 gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor - a volume monitor for PTP devices

     *	 gvfs-mtp-volume-monitor - a volume monitor for MTP devices

     *	 gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor - a udisks2-based volume monitor

     Mount backends:

     *	 gvfsd-admin - mounts local filesystem with admin privileges

     *	 gvfsd-afc - mounts iPhone/iPod touch volumes

     *	 gvfsd-afp - mounts Apple Filing Protocol volumes

     *	 gvfsd-afp-browse - browses Apple Filing Protocol volumes

     *	 gvfsd-archive - mounts archive files in various formats

     *	 gvfsd-burn - provides a location for burning CDs

     *	 gvfsd-cdda - mounts audio CDs

     *	 gvfsd-computer - provides computer://

     *	 gvfsd-dav - mounts DAV filesystems

     *	 gvfsd-dnssd - browses dnssd

     *	 gvfsd-ftp - mounts over FTP

     *	 gvfsd-google - mounts Google Drive shares

     *	 gvfsd-gphoto2 - mounts over PTP

     *	 gvfsd-http - mounts over HTTP

     *	 gvfsd-localtest - a test backend

     *	 gvfsd-mtp - mounts over MTP

     *	 gvfsd-network - provides network://

     *	 gvfsd-nfs - mounts over NFS

     *	 gvfsd-recent - provides recent://

     *	 gvfsd-sftp - mounts over sftp

     *	 gvfsd-smb - mounts Windows Shares Filesystem volumes

     *	 gvfsd-smb-browse - browses Windows Shares Filesystem volumes

     *	 gvfsd-trash - provides trash://

ENVIRONMENT
     GIO_USE_VFS
	 If set, specifies the GIO vfs implementation to  use.	Possible  values
	 include 'local' and 'gvfs'.

     GIO_USE_VOLUME_MONITOR
	 If  set, specifies the GIO volume monitor implementation to use. Possi-
	 ble values include 'unix',  'GProxyVolumeMonitorUDisks2',  as	well  as
	 other	native	volume	monitors  that are described in the key files in
	 $XDG_DATA_DIRS/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors.

FILES
     $XDG_DATA_DIRS/gvfs/mounts
	 This directory contains key files describing mount daemons.

     $XDG_DATA_DIRS/gvfs/remote-volume-monitors
	 This directory contains key files describing remote volume monitors.

SEE ALSO
     GIO documentation[1], gvfsd(1), gvfsd-fuse(1), gvfsd-metadata(1)

NOTES
      1. GIO documentation
	 http://developer.gnome.org/gio

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