Supported schemes by GVfs 1.37.90

Scheme

Description

Details

admin:///

Admin access for local filesystem

afc://UDID

AFC protocol

Used by iPhone, iPod and other Apple devices.

afp://[user@]host[:port][/share]

AFP protocol

Used by Mac OS.

archive://url_encoded_uri

Archive files

Use e.g. archive://file%3A%2F%2Ffoo.tar for file://foo.tar archive. It will be probably deperecated soon.

burn://device

Burning optical disks

This is virtual filesystem for file managers to help them implement burning. It will be probably deperecated soon.

cdda://device

Audio disks

Use e.g. cdda://sr0/ for /dev/sr0 device.

computer:///

List of drives, volumes and mounts

It will be probably deperecated soon.

{dav,davs}://[user@]host[:port], {dav+sd,davs+sd}://name.type.domain

WebDAV protocol

Use davs:// for SSL/TLS support. dav+sd a davs+sd are for dns-sd://.

dns-sd://dns_sd_domain

DNS-SD shares on the network

Use dns-sd://local/ for default domain.

{ftp,ftps,ftpis}://[user@]host[:port]

FTP protocol

Use ftps for explicit TLS support. Use ftpis for implicit TLS support.

google-drive://user@host

Google Drive

It requires properly configured Google GOA account.

gphoto2://ID_SERIAL, gphoto2://[usb:bus,dev]

PTP protocol

Used by cameras, phones and other devices. gphoto2://[usb:bus,dev] is just a fallback, e.g. gphoto2://[usb:005,009]

{http,https}://url

HTTP protocol

Use https:// for SSL/TLS support.

localtest:///

Local filesystem for testing

Use file:/// for local files, this is only for testing!

mtp://ID_SERIAL, mtp://[usb:bus,dev]

MTP protocol

Used by phones and other devices. mtp://[usb:bus,dev] is just a fallback, e.g. mtp://[usb:005,009].

network:///

Shares on the network

It merges results from smb:// and dns-sd://

nfs://host/share

NFS v2 and v3 protocols

recent:///

Recently used files

sftp://[user@]host[:port]

SFTP protocol

ssh:// is automatically rewritten to sftp://.

smb://[user@]host[:port][/share]

SMB/CIFS protocol

test:///

Filesystem for testing

Use only for testing! It will be probably deperecated soon.

trash:///

Trashed files

Projects/gvfs/schemes (last edited 2018-07-28 07:22:50 by OndrejHoly)