libgnomevfs-2(3) C Library Functions libgnomevfs-2(3)
NAME
libgnomevfs-2 - GNOME Virtual File System
DESCRIPTION
GnomeVFS is obsolete. It has been superseded by libgio-2.0. See libgio-2.0(3).
GnomeVFS is a filesystem abstraction library which gives applications plugable transparent access to a variety of "real" filesystems, from
WebDAV to digital cameras, to the local filesystem. It also contains a number of other convenient file utilities such as a comprehensive
MIME database / Application registry, and a copy engine. Use of GnomeVFS also ensures that an application or component will be usable by
Nautilus or other GnomeVFS applications for handling the display of data from various URIs.
Besides providing transparent access to data methods that you might otherwise have to implement, GnomeVFS provides a number of convenient
libraries for processing URIs, detecting the MIME type of files, and identifying which applications or components to launch to view a file
or what icon to use. Writing a GnomeVFS module may also be an appropriate solution to some data access problems as it allows the developer
to implement a relatively small number of functions to gain general filesystem semantics.
To access the API documentation, you must install the developer version of the package.
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.so
GNOME Virtual File System shared library
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gnome-vfs-2.0
Location of developer documentation
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-vfs |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Obsolete Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
gnomevfs-cat(1), gnomevfs-copy(1), gnomevfs-info(1), gnomevfs-ls(1), gnomevfs-mkdir(1), nautilus(1), libgio-2.0(3), gnome-vfs-mime-
magic(4), gnome-vfs.applications(4), gnome-vfs.keys(4), gnome-vfs.mime(4), attributes(5), gnome-interfaces(5)
NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008.
SunOS 5.11 14 May 2008 libgnomevfs-2(3)