Gnome2::VFS::Drive(3)

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version 1.084 · 2 versions
, in fedora 43

✨ Gnome2::VFS::Drive ✨

okay bestie, welcome to Gnome2::VFS::Drive 💖 this is the Perl wrapper for GnomeVFSDrive, and yeah it's one of those User Contributed Perl Documentation pages, we love her for it 🎀

basically a Drive is the physical-ish thing your volumes live on, and this class is your lil group chat with it. let's go 🦋

🌸 HIERARCHY 🌸

she's got ancestors, periodt:

Glib::Object
+----Gnome2::VFS::Drive

💅 METHODS 💅

okay so here's every single method, no skips, no cuts, we're eating the whole plate 🍓

  • string = $drive->get_activation_uri — hands you the activation URI as a string ✨
  • integer = $a->compare ($b) — compares two drives, gives you back an integer 💫
    • $b (Gnome2::VFS::Drive)
  • string = $drive->get_device_path — the device path, as a string 🌈
  • devicetype = $drive->get_device_type — returns the device type (it's an enum, keep scrolling for the full menu 👑)
  • string = $drive->get_display_name — the pretty name you'd actually show a human 🎀
  • $drive->eject ($func, $data=undef) — eject that drive, gorl 🚀
    • $func (scalar)
    • $data (scalar)
  • string = $drive->get_hal_udi — the HAL UDI, as a string 🧚
    • Since: vfs 2.8
  • string = $drive->get_icon — icon, as a string 💜
  • unsigned = $drive->get_id — an unsigned id number ⭐
  • boolean = $drive->is_connected — is it connected? true/false fr fr
  • boolean = $drive->is_mounted — is it mounted? 💀
  • boolean = $drive->is_user_visible — should the user see it? 🙈
  • $drive->mount ($func, $data=undef) — mount it up 🔥
    • $func (scalar)
    • $data (scalar)
  • list = $drive->get_mounted_volumes — gives you back a list of the mounted volumes 🫶
    • Since: vfs 2.8
  • boolean = $drive->needs_eject — does it need ejecting? true/false 😭
    • Since: vfs 2.16
  • $drive->unmount ($func, $data=undef) — unmount, bye bestie 👋
    • $func (scalar)
    • $data (scalar)

🎀 SIGNALS 🎀

she emits these, keep an ear out:

  • volume-mounted (Gnome2::VFS::Drive, Gnome2::VFS::Volume)
  • volume-pre-unmount (Gnome2::VFS::Drive, Gnome2::VFS::Volume)
  • volume-unmounted (Gnome2::VFS::Drive, Gnome2::VFS::Volume)

👑 ENUMS AND FLAGS 👑

🌟 enum Gnome2::VFS::DeviceType 🌟

all the device type values, each one with her short name and her full constant name — use whichever slays:

  • 'unknown' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_UNKNOWN'
  • 'audio-cd' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_AUDIO_CD'
  • 'video-dvd' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_VIDEO_DVD'
  • 'harddrive' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_HARDDRIVE'
  • 'cdrom' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_CDROM'
  • 'floppy' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_FLOPPY'
  • 'zip' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_ZIP'
  • 'jaz' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_JAZ'
  • 'nfs' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_NFS'
  • 'autofs' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_AUTOFS'
  • 'camera' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_CAMERA'
  • 'memory-stick' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_MEMORY_STICK'
  • 'smb' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_SMB'
  • 'apple' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_APPLE'
  • 'music-player' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_MUSIC_PLAYER'
  • 'windows' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_WINDOWS'
  • 'loopback' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_LOOPBACK'
  • 'network' / 'GNOME_VFS_DEVICE_TYPE_NETWORK'

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read these next, iykyk:

  • Gnome2::VFS
  • Glib::Object

Copyright (C) 2003-2007, 2013 by the gtk2-perl team.

This software is licensed under the LGPL. See Gnome2::VFS for a full notice.

and that's the whole page bestie, no cap 💅 this was perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25, and you just read Gnome2::VFS::Drive(3) — iconic of you, honestly 🫶✨

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