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gnome2::vfs::drive

Gnome2::VFS::Drive(3pm) 				User Contributed Perl Documentation				   Gnome2::VFS::Drive(3pm)

NAME

       Gnome2::VFS::Drive - Container around Gnome2::VFS::Volume

HIERARCHY

	 Glib::Object
	 +----Gnome2::VFS::Drive

METHODS

   string = $drive->get_activation_uri
   integer = $a->compare ($b)
       o   $b (Gnome2::VFS::Drive)

   string = $drive->get_device_path
   devicetype = $drive->get_device_type
   string = $drive->get_display_name
   $drive->eject ($func, $data=undef)
       o   $func (scalar)

       o   $data (scalar)

   string = $drive->get_hal_udi
       Since: vfs 2.8

   string = $drive->get_icon
   unsigned = $drive->get_id
   boolean = $drive->is_connected
   boolean = $drive->is_mounted
   boolean = $drive->is_user_visible
   $drive->mount ($func, $data=undef)
       o   $func (scalar)

       o   $data (scalar)

   list = $drive->get_mounted_volumes
       Since: vfs 2.8

   boolean = $drive->needs_eject
       Since: vfs 2.16

   $drive->unmount ($func, $data=undef)
       o   $func (scalar)

       o   $data (scalar)

SIGNALS

       volume-mounted (Gnome2::VFS::Drive, Gnome2::VFS::Volume)
       volume-pre-unmount (Gnome2::VFS::Drive, Gnome2::VFS::Volume)
       volume-unmounted (Gnome2::VFS::Drive, Gnome2::VFS::Volume)

ENUMS AND FLAGS

   enum Gnome2::VFS::DeviceType
       o   'unknown' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_UNKNOWN'

       o   'audio-cd' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_AUDIO_CD'

       o   'video-dvd' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_VIDEO_DVD'

       o   'harddrive' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_HARDDRIVE'

       o   'cdrom' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_CDROM'

       o   'floppy' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_FLOPPY'

       o   'zip' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_ZIP'

       o   'jaz' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_JAZ'

       o   'nfs' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_NFS'

       o   'autofs' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_AUTOFS'

       o   'camera' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_CAMERA'

       o   'memory-stick' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_MEMORY_STICK'

       o   'smb' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_SMB'

       o   'apple' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_APPLE'

       o   'music-player' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_MUSIC_PLAYER'

       o   'windows' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_WINDOWS'

       o   'loopback' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_LOOPBACK'

       o   'network' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_NETWORK'

SEE ALSO

       Gnome2::VFS, Glib::Object

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2003-2007 by the gtk2-perl team.

       This software is licensed under the LGPL.  See Gnome2::VFS for a full notice.

perl v5.14.2							    2011-11-15						   Gnome2::VFS::Drive(3pm)