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qmediamanager(1)	    General Commands Manual	      qmediamanager(1)

NAME
       qmediamanager - GUI app for managing removable media

SYNOPSIS
       [env QMEDIA_FM=command] qmediamanager /mount/point

PURPOSE
       QMediaManager is	a GUI application for managing removable media.	 It is
       meant  to  be launched by an auto-mount service such as FreeBSD's sysu-
       tils/devd-mount,	to provide the user options when removable  media  are
       inserted.

DESCRIPTION
       QMediaManager presents the following options:

       1.   Filesystem	info:  Shows the mount point, filesystem type, device,
       and basic statistics on the associated filesystem.

       2.  Launch file manager:	Launches the file manager indicated by the en-
       vironment variable QMEDIA_FM if defined.	 If QMEDIA_FM is  not  define,
       but  ~/.config/qmediamanager  exists, the command name or absolute path
       of the file manager is read from	this file.  If neither	the  QMEDIA_FM
       not  ~/.config/qmediamanager  exists, qmediamanager searches for	common
       file managers, such as those included  with  popular  desktop  environ-
       ments, and uses the first one discovered.

       The mount point is provided as a	command-line argument to the file man-
       ager, e.g. "lumina-fm /media/cd1".

       3.  Reformat: Partitions	and reformats the media	with the user-selected
       filesystem.  All	partitions on the device are deleted.  The mount point
       associated  with	the qmediamanager process is unmounted before attempt-
       ing to reformat.

       Note that there will be multiple	qmediamanager  processes/windows  open
       if a connected device contains more than	1 mountable partition.	Refor-
       mat will	fail if	any other partitions on	the device are mounted,	so all
       partitions  except  one	must be	unmounted before attempting a reformat
       operation.

       Only the	most popular filesystems are offered by	qmediamanager for for-
       matting.	 Many others are available by using auto-media-format from the
       command-line or by using	fusefs tools directly.

       Permission to reformat devices is determined by device daemons such  as
       FreeBSD's  devd.	  See devfs.conf(1) for	details.  The FreeBSD desktop-
       installer(1) script configures typical  removable  devices  with	 write
       permission  for members of the operator group.  If your system was con-
       figured using desktop-installer,	formatting should work out of the  box
       in most cases.  Use of the auto-adduser(1) script, part of auto-	admin,
       is  recommended	for adding users, as it	supports addition to important
       groups such as operator,	wheel, and video.

       4.  Copy	disk image to device.  Useful for creating installation	media,
       bootable	live thumb drives, etc.

       5.  Unmount: Unmounts the mount point associated	with the window, using
       "npmount	umount /mount/point".  See npmount(1) for more information.

ENVIRONMENT
       QMEDIA_FM   File	manager	command	to override default

FILES
       ~/.config/qmediamanager should contain the  command  name  or  absolute
       pathname	of the preferred file manager, if one does not wish to use the
       default,	 or  the  system does not have any of the file managers	in the
       default search list.

SEE ALSO
       npmount(1), mount(1), umount(1),	devfs.conf(1), fusefs(1)

BUGS
       Please report bugs to the author	and send patches in unified diff  for-
       mat.  (man diff for more	information)

AUTHOR
       J. Bacon

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