VolumeT

The GVolume interface represents user-visible objects that can be mounted. Note, when porting from GnomeVFS, GVolume is the moral equivalent of GnomeVFSDrive.

Mounting a GVolume instance is an asynchronous operation. For more information about asynchronous operations, see GAsyncResult and GTask. To mount a GVolume, first call g_volume_mount() with (at least) the GVolume instance, optionally a GMountOperation object and a GAsyncReadyCallback.

Typically, one will only want to pass NULL for the GMountOperation if automounting all volumes when a desktop session starts since it's not desirable to put up a lot of dialogs asking for credentials.

The callback will be fired when the operation has resolved (either with success or failure), and a GAsyncReady structure will be passed to the callback. That callback should then call g_volume_mount_finish() with the GVolume instance and the GAsyncReady data to see if the operation was completed successfully. If an error is present when g_volume_mount_finish() is called, then it will be filled with any error information.

It is sometimes necessary to directly access the underlying operating system object behind a volume (e.g. for passing a volume to an application via the commandline). For this purpose, GIO allows to obtain an 'identifier' for the volume. There can be different kinds of identifiers, such as Hal UDIs, filesystem labels, traditional Unix devices (e.g. /dev/sda2), uuids. GIO uses predefind strings as names for the different kinds of identifiers: G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_HAL_UDI, G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_LABEL, etc. Use g_volume_get_identifier() to obtain an identifier for a volume.

Note that G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_HAL_UDI will only be available when the gvfs hal volume monitor is in use. Other volume monitors will generally be able to provide the G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_UNIX_DEVICE identifier, which can be used to obtain a hal device by means of libhal_manager_find_device_string_match().

Members

Functions

addOnChanged
void addOnChanged(void delegate(VolumeIF) dlg, ConnectFlags connectFlags)

Emitted when the volume has been changed.

addOnRemoved
void addOnRemoved(void delegate(VolumeIF) dlg, ConnectFlags connectFlags)

This signal is emitted when the GVolume have been removed. If the recipient is holding references to the object they should release them so the object can be finalized.

canEject
int canEject()

Checks if a volume can be ejected.

canMount
int canMount()

Checks if a volume can be mounted.

eject
void eject(GMountUnmountFlags flags, Cancellable cancellable, GAsyncReadyCallback callback, void* userData)

Warning g_volume_eject has been deprecated since version 2.22 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use g_volume_eject_with_operation() instead. Ejects a volume. This is an asynchronous operation, and is finished by calling g_volume_eject_finish() with the volume and GAsyncResult returned in the callback.

ejectFinish
int ejectFinish(AsyncResultIF result)

Warning g_volume_eject_finish has been deprecated since version 2.22 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use g_volume_eject_with_operation_finish() instead. Finishes ejecting a volume. If any errors occurred during the operation, error will be set to contain the errors and FALSE will be returned.

ejectWithOperation
void ejectWithOperation(GMountUnmountFlags flags, MountOperation mountOperation, Cancellable cancellable, GAsyncReadyCallback callback, void* userData)

Ejects a volume. This is an asynchronous operation, and is finished by calling g_volume_eject_with_operation_finish() with the volume and GAsyncResult data returned in the callback. Since 2.22

ejectWithOperationFinish
int ejectWithOperationFinish(AsyncResultIF result)

Finishes ejecting a volume. If any errors occurred during the operation, error will be set to contain the errors and FALSE will be returned. Since 2.22

enumerateIdentifiers
string[] enumerateIdentifiers()

Gets the kinds of identifiers that volume has. Use g_volume_get_identifier() to obtain the identifiers themselves.

getActivationRoot
File getActivationRoot()

Gets the activation root for a GVolume if it is known ahead of mount time. Returns NULL otherwise. If not NULL and if volume is mounted, then the result of g_mount_get_root() on the GMount object obtained from g_volume_get_mount() will always either be equal or a prefix of what this function returns. In other words, in code GMount *mount; GFile *mount_root GFile *volume_activation_root; mount = g_volume_get_mount (volume); /+* mounted, so never NULL +/ mount_root = g_mount_get_root (mount); volume_activation_root = g_volume_get_activation_root(volume); /+* assume not NULL +/ then the expression (g_file_has_prefix (volume_activation_root, mount_root) || g_file_equal (volume_activation_root, mount_root)) will always be TRUE. Activation roots are typically used in GVolumeMonitor implementations to find the underlying mount to shadow, see g_mount_is_shadowed() for more details. Since 2.18

getDrive
DriveIF getDrive()

Gets the drive for the volume.

getIcon
IconIF getIcon()

Gets the icon for volume.

getIdentifier
string getIdentifier(string kind)

Gets the identifier of the given kind for volume. See the introduction for more information about volume identifiers.

getMount
MountIF getMount()

Gets the mount for the volume.

getName
string getName()

Gets the name of volume.

getSortKey
string getSortKey()

Gets the sort key for volume, if any. Since 2.32 Signal Details The "changed" signal void user_function (GVolume *arg0, gpointer user_data) : Run Last Emitted when the volume has been changed.

getSymbolicIcon
IconIF getSymbolicIcon()

Gets the symbolic icon for volume. Since 2.34

getUuid
string getUuid()

Gets the UUID for the volume. The reference is typically based on the file system UUID for the volume in question and should be considered an opaque string. Returns NULL if there is no UUID available.

getVolumeTStruct
GVolume* getVolumeTStruct()
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
mount
void mount(GMountMountFlags flags, MountOperation mountOperation, Cancellable cancellable, GAsyncReadyCallback callback, void* userData)

Mounts a volume. This is an asynchronous operation, and is finished by calling g_volume_mount_finish() with the volume and GAsyncResult returned in the callback. Virtual: mount_fn

mountFinish
int mountFinish(AsyncResultIF result)

Finishes mounting a volume. If any errors occurred during the operation, error will be set to contain the errors and FALSE will be returned. If the mount operation succeeded, g_volume_get_mount() on volume is guaranteed to return the mount right after calling this function; there's no need to listen for the 'mount-added' signal on GVolumeMonitor.

onChangedListeners
void delegate(VolumeIF)[] onChangedListeners()
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
onRemovedListeners
void delegate(VolumeIF)[] onRemovedListeners()
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
shouldAutomount
int shouldAutomount()

Returns whether the volume should be automatically mounted.

Static functions

callBackChanged
void callBackChanged(GVolume* arg0Struct, VolumeIF _volumeIF)
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
callBackRemoved
void callBackRemoved(GVolume* arg0Struct, VolumeIF _volumeIF)
Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.

Variables

_onChangedListeners
void delegate(VolumeIF)[] _onChangedListeners;
Undocumented in source.
_onRemovedListeners
void delegate(VolumeIF)[] _onRemovedListeners;
Undocumented in source.
connectedSignals
int[string] connectedSignals;
gVolume
GVolume* gVolume;

the main Gtk struct

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