GVolume: GIO Reference Manual

GVolume

GVolume — Volume management

Functions

char *	g_volume_get_name ()
char *	g_volume_get_uuid ()
GIcon *	g_volume_get_icon ()
GIcon *	g_volume_get_symbolic_icon ()
GDrive *	g_volume_get_drive ()
GMount *	g_volume_get_mount ()
gboolean	g_volume_can_mount ()
gboolean	g_volume_should_automount ()
GFile *	g_volume_get_activation_root ()
void	g_volume_mount ()
gboolean	g_volume_mount_finish ()
gboolean	g_volume_can_eject ()
void	g_volume_eject ()
gboolean	g_volume_eject_finish ()
void	g_volume_eject_with_operation ()
gboolean	g_volume_eject_with_operation_finish ()
char **	g_volume_enumerate_identifiers ()
char *	g_volume_get_identifier ()
const gchar *	g_volume_get_sort_key ()

Signals

void	changed	Run Last
void	removed	Run Last

Types and Values

	GVolume
struct	GVolumeIface
#define	G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_HAL_UDI
#define	G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_LABEL
#define	G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_NFS_MOUNT
#define	G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_UNIX_DEVICE
#define	G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_UUID
#define	G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_CLASS

Object Hierarchy

    GInterface
    ╰── GVolume

Prerequisites

GVolume requires GObject.

Includes

#include <gio/gio.h>

Description

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.

Volume Identifiers

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 predefined 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().

Functions

g_volume_get_name ()

char *
g_volume_get_name (GVolume *volume);

Gets the name of volume .

Parameters

volume

a GVolume

Returns

the name for the given volume . The returned string should be freed with g_free() when no longer needed.

g_volume_get_uuid ()

char *
g_volume_get_uuid (GVolume *volume);

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.

Parameters

volume

a GVolume

Returns

the UUID for volume or NULL if no UUID can be computed. The returned string should be freed with g_free() when no longer needed.

g_volume_get_icon ()

GIcon *
g_volume_get_icon (GVolume *volume);

Gets the icon for volume .

Parameters

volume

a GVolume

Returns

a GIcon. The returned object should be unreffed with g_object_unref() when no longer needed.

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g_volume_get_symbolic_icon ()

GIcon *
g_volume_get_symbolic_icon (GVolume *volume);

Gets the symbolic icon for volume .

Parameters

volume

a GVolume

Returns

a GIcon. The returned object should be unreffed with g_object_unref() when no longer needed.

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Since: 2.34

g_volume_get_drive ()

GDrive *
g_volume_get_drive (GVolume *volume);

Gets the drive for the volume .

Parameters

volume

a GVolume

Returns

a GDrive or NULL if volume is not associated with a drive. The returned object should be unreffed with g_object_unref() when no longer needed.

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g_volume_get_mount ()

GMount *
g_volume_get_mount (GVolume *volume);

Gets the mount for the volume .

Parameters

volume

a GVolume

Returns

a GMount or NULL if volume isn't mounted. The returned object should be unreffed with g_object_unref() when no longer needed.

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g_volume_can_mount ()

gboolean
g_volume_can_mount (GVolume *volume);

Checks if a volume can be mounted.

Parameters

volume

a GVolume

Returns

TRUE if the volume can be mounted. FALSE otherwise

g_volume_should_automount ()

gboolean
g_volume_should_automount (GVolume *volume);

Returns whether the volume should be automatically mounted.

Parameters

volume

a GVolume

Returns

TRUE if the volume should be automatically mounted

g_volume_get_activation_root ()

GFile *
g_volume_get_activation_root (GVolume *volume);

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

1 2	(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.

Parameters

volume

a GVolume

Returns

the activation root of volume or NULL. Use g_object_unref() to free.

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Since: 2.18

g_volume_mount ()

void
g_volume_mount (GVolume *volume,
                GMountMountFlags flags,
                GMountOperation *mount_operation,
                GCancellable *cancellable,
                GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                gpointer user_data);

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

Parameters

volume	a GVolume
flags	flags affecting the operation
mount_operation	a GMountOperation or `NULL` to avoid user interaction.	[allow-none]
cancellable	optional GCancellable object, `NULL` to ignore.	[allow-none]
callback	a GAsyncReadyCallback, or `NULL`.	[allow-none]
user_data	user data that gets passed to `callback`

g_volume_mount_finish ()

gboolean
g_volume_mount_finish (GVolume *volume,
                       GAsyncResult *result,
                       GError **error);

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.

Parameters

volume	a GVolume
result	a GAsyncResult
error	a GError location to store an error, or `NULL` to ignore

Returns

TRUE, FALSE if operation failed

g_volume_can_eject ()

gboolean
g_volume_can_eject (GVolume *volume);

Checks if a volume can be ejected.

Parameters

volume

a GVolume

Returns

TRUE if the volume can be ejected. FALSE otherwise

g_volume_eject ()

void
g_volume_eject (GVolume *volume,
                GMountUnmountFlags flags,
                GCancellable *cancellable,
                GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                gpointer user_data);

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 .

Parameters

volume	a GVolume
flags	flags affecting the unmount if required for eject
cancellable	optional GCancellable object, `NULL` to ignore.	[allow-none]
callback	a GAsyncReadyCallback, or `NULL`.	[allow-none]
user_data	user data that gets passed to `callback`

g_volume_eject_finish ()

gboolean
g_volume_eject_finish (GVolume *volume,
                       GAsyncResult *result,
                       GError **error);

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.

Parameters

volume	pointer to a GVolume
result	a GAsyncResult
error	a GError location to store an error, or `NULL` to ignore

Returns

TRUE, FALSE if operation failed

g_volume_eject_with_operation ()

void
g_volume_eject_with_operation (GVolume *volume,
                               GMountUnmountFlags flags,
                               GMountOperation *mount_operation,
                               GCancellable *cancellable,
                               GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                               gpointer user_data);

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 .

Parameters

volume	a GVolume
flags	flags affecting the unmount if required for eject
mount_operation	a GMountOperation or `NULL` to avoid user interaction.	[allow-none]
cancellable	optional GCancellable object, `NULL` to ignore.	[allow-none]
callback	a GAsyncReadyCallback, or `NULL`.	[allow-none]
user_data	user data passed to `callback`

Since: 2.22

g_volume_eject_with_operation_finish ()

gboolean
g_volume_eject_with_operation_finish (GVolume *volume,
                                      GAsyncResult *result,
                                      GError **error);

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

Parameters

volume	a GVolume
result	a GAsyncResult
error	a GError location to store the error occurring, or `NULL`

Returns

TRUE if the volume was successfully ejected. FALSE otherwise

Since: 2.22

g_volume_enumerate_identifiers ()

char **
g_volume_enumerate_identifiers (GVolume *volume);

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

Parameters

volume

a GVolume

Returns

a NULL-terminated array of strings containing kinds of identifiers. Use g_strfreev() to free.

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g_volume_get_identifier ()

char *
g_volume_get_identifier (GVolume *volume,
                         const char *kind);

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

Parameters

volume	a GVolume
kind	the kind of identifier to return

Returns

a newly allocated string containing the requested identfier, or NULL if the GVolume doesn't have this kind of identifier

g_volume_get_sort_key ()

const gchar *
g_volume_get_sort_key (GVolume *volume);

Gets the sort key for volume , if any.

Parameters

volume

a GVolume

Returns

Sorting key for volume or NULL if no such key is available

Since: 2.32

Types and Values

GVolume

typedef struct _GVolume GVolume;

Opaque mountable volume object.

struct GVolumeIface

struct GVolumeIface {
  GTypeInterface g_iface;

  /* signals */

  void        (* changed)               (GVolume             *volume);
  void        (* removed)               (GVolume             *volume);

  /* Virtual Table */

  char      * (* get_name)              (GVolume             *volume);
  GIcon     * (* get_icon)              (GVolume             *volume);
  char      * (* get_uuid)              (GVolume             *volume);
  GDrive    * (* get_drive)             (GVolume             *volume);
  GMount    * (* get_mount)             (GVolume             *volume);
  gboolean    (* can_mount)             (GVolume             *volume);
  gboolean    (* can_eject)             (GVolume             *volume);
  void        (* mount_fn)              (GVolume             *volume,
                                         GMountMountFlags     flags,
                                         GMountOperation     *mount_operation,
                                         GCancellable        *cancellable,
                                         GAsyncReadyCallback  callback,
                                         gpointer             user_data);
  gboolean    (* mount_finish)          (GVolume             *volume,
                                         GAsyncResult        *result,
                                         GError             **error);
  void        (* eject)                 (GVolume             *volume,
                                         GMountUnmountFlags   flags,
                                         GCancellable        *cancellable,
                                         GAsyncReadyCallback  callback,
                                         gpointer             user_data);
  gboolean    (* eject_finish)          (GVolume             *volume,
                                         GAsyncResult        *result,
                                         GError             **error);

  char      * (* get_identifier)        (GVolume             *volume,
                                         const char          *kind);
  char     ** (* enumerate_identifiers) (GVolume             *volume);

  gboolean    (* should_automount)      (GVolume             *volume);

  GFile     * (* get_activation_root)   (GVolume             *volume);

  void        (* eject_with_operation)      (GVolume             *volume,
                                             GMountUnmountFlags   flags,
                                             GMountOperation     *mount_operation,
                                             GCancellable        *cancellable,
                                             GAsyncReadyCallback  callback,
                                             gpointer             user_data);
  gboolean    (* eject_with_operation_finish) (GVolume           *volume,
                                             GAsyncResult        *result,
                                             GError             **error);

  const gchar * (* get_sort_key)        (GVolume             *volume);
  GIcon       * (* get_symbolic_icon)   (GVolume             *volume);
};

Interface for implementing operations for mountable volumes.

Members

`changed` ()	Changed signal that is emitted when the volume's state has changed.
`removed` ()	The removed signal that 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.
`get_name` ()	Gets a string containing the name of the GVolume.
`get_icon` ()	Gets a GIcon for the GVolume.
`get_uuid` ()	Gets the UUID for the GVolume. The reference is typically based on the file system UUID for the mount in question and should be considered an opaque string. Returns `NULL` if there is no UUID available.
`get_drive` ()	Gets a GDrive the volume is located on. Returns `NULL` if the GVolume is not associated with a GDrive.
`get_mount` ()	Gets a GMount representing the mounted volume. Returns `NULL` if the GVolume is not mounted.
`can_mount` ()	Returns `TRUE` if the GVolume can be mounted.
`can_eject` ()	Checks if a GVolume can be ejected.
`mount_fn` ()	Mounts a given GVolume. GVolume implementations must emit the “aborted” signal before completing a mount operation that is aborted while awaiting input from the user through a GMountOperation instance.
`mount_finish` ()	Finishes a mount operation.
`eject` ()	Ejects a given GVolume.
`eject_finish` ()	Finishes an eject operation.
`get_identifier` ()	Returns the identifier of the given kind, or `NULL` if the GVolume doesn't have one.
`enumerate_identifiers` ()	Returns an array strings listing the kinds of identifiers which the GVolume has.
`should_automount` ()	Returns `TRUE` if the GVolume should be automatically mounted.
`get_activation_root` ()	Returns the activation root for the GVolume if it is known in advance or `NULL` if it is not known.
`eject_with_operation` ()	Starts ejecting a GVolume using a GMountOperation. Since 2.22.
`eject_with_operation_finish` ()	Finishes an eject operation using a GMountOperation. Since 2.22.
`get_sort_key` ()	Gets a key used for sorting GVolume instance or `NULL` if no such key exists. Since 2.32.
`get_symbolic_icon` ()	Gets a symbolic GIcon for the GVolume. Since 2.34.

G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_HAL_UDI

#define G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_HAL_UDI "hal-udi"

The string used to obtain a Hal UDI with g_volume_get_identifier().

G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_LABEL

#define G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_LABEL "label"

The string used to obtain a filesystem label with g_volume_get_identifier().

G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_NFS_MOUNT

#define G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_NFS_MOUNT "nfs-mount"

The string used to obtain a NFS mount with g_volume_get_identifier().

G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_UNIX_DEVICE

#define G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_UNIX_DEVICE "unix-device"

The string used to obtain a Unix device path with g_volume_get_identifier().

G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_UUID

#define G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_UUID "uuid"

The string used to obtain a UUID with g_volume_get_identifier().

G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_CLASS

#define G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_CLASS "class"

The string used to obtain the volume class with g_volume_get_identifier().

Known volume classes include device and network. Other classes may be added in the future.

This is intended to be used by applications to classify GVolume instances into different sections - for example a file manager or file chooser can use this information to show network volumes under a "Network" heading and device volumes under a "Devices" heading.

Signal Details

The `“changed”` signal

void
user_function (GVolume *arg0,
               gpointer user_data)

Emitted when the volume has been changed.

Parameters

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run Last

The `“removed”` signal

void
user_function (GVolume *arg0,
               gpointer user_data)

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.

Parameters

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run Last

GVolume

Functions

Signals

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

Prerequisites

Includes

Description

Volume Identifiers

Functions

g_volume_get_name ()

Parameters

Returns

g_volume_get_uuid ()

Parameters

Returns

g_volume_get_icon ()

Parameters

Returns

g_volume_get_symbolic_icon ()

Parameters

Returns

g_volume_get_drive ()

Parameters

Returns

g_volume_get_mount ()

Parameters

Returns

g_volume_can_mount ()

Parameters

Returns

g_volume_should_automount ()

Parameters

Returns

g_volume_get_activation_root ()

Parameters

Returns

g_volume_mount ()

Parameters

g_volume_mount_finish ()

Parameters

Returns

g_volume_can_eject ()

Parameters

Returns

g_volume_eject ()

Parameters

g_volume_eject_finish ()

Parameters

Returns

g_volume_eject_with_operation ()

Parameters

g_volume_eject_with_operation_finish ()

Parameters

Returns

g_volume_enumerate_identifiers ()

Parameters

Returns

g_volume_get_identifier ()

Parameters

Returns

g_volume_get_sort_key ()

Parameters

Returns

Types and Values

GVolume

struct GVolumeIface

Members

G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_HAL_UDI

G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_LABEL

G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_NFS_MOUNT

G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_UNIX_DEVICE

G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_UUID

G_VOLUME_IDENTIFIER_KIND_CLASS

Signal Details

The “changed” signal

Parameters

The “removed” signal

Parameters

The `“changed”` signal

The `“removed”` signal