Backend

Description

Libraries

admin

Admin access for local filesystem

libpolkit, libcap

afc

AFC protocol

libimobiledevice

afp

AFP protocol

afpbrowse

AFP devices on the network

archive

Archive files

libarchive

burn

Burning optical disks

cdda

Audio disks

libcdio

computer

List of devices connected to the PC

dav

WebDAV protocol

libsoup, libxml

dnssd

DNS-SD devices on the network

libavahi

ftp

FTP protocol

google

Google Drive

libgdata, libgoa

gphoto2

PTP protocol

libgphoto2

http

HTTP protocol

libsoup

localtest

Local filesystem for testing purposes

mtp

MTP protocol

libmtp

network

Devices on the network

libavahi, libsmbclient

nfs

NFS v2 and v3 protocols

libnfs

recent

Recent used files

sftp

SFTP protocol

smb

SMB/CIFS protocol

libsmbclient

smbbrowse

SMB devices on the network

libsmbclient

test

Filesystem for testing purposes

trash

Trash

Backend

open_for_read/read/close_read

read

seek_on_read

pull

afc

do

do

do

afp

try

try

try

archive

do

do

cdda

do

do

do

dav

try

try

try

ftp

do

do

do

gphoto2

do

try

try

do

http

try

try

try

mtp

do

do

do

do

nfs

try

try

try

sftp

try

try

try

try

smb

do

do

do

Backend

create/replace/write/close_write

append_to

seek_on_write/truncate

delete

copy

move

push

afc

do

do

do

do

do

afp

try

try

try

try

try

try

archive

cdda

dav

try

do

ftp

do

do

do

do

gphoto2

do

do

do

do

do

http

mtp

do

do

do

do

do

nfs

try

try

try

try

try

sftp

try

try

try

try

try

try

smb

do

do

do

do

do

Backend

query_info/enumerate

query_fs_info

set_display_name

set_attribute

afc

do

do

do

do

afp

try

try

try

try

archive

do

try

cdda

do

do

dav

do

do

do

ftp

do

do

do

gphoto2

do/try

do/try

do

http

do

mtp

do

do

do

nfs

try

try

try

try

sftp

try

try

try

try

smb

do

do

do

do