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The meaning of computer:///

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I would like to know the meaning of computer:///

How to go with the command line to a file at location computer:///

nautilus files gvfs location

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I would like to know the meaning of computer:///

How to go with the command line to a file at location computer:///

nautilus files gvfs location

share|improve this question

edited Jul 8 at 5:54

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• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Where did you encounter this?
  
  – fkraiem
  Jul 8 at 4:35
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  you can see it your File Manager, if you use thunar, the path for trash & network are given as: :///
  
  – Codito ergo sum
  Jul 8 at 4:46
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Nmath There is such protocol, and it's not just related to Ubuntu. See my answer
  
  – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
  Jul 8 at 4:53
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I would like to know the meaning of computer:///

How to go with the command line to a file at location computer:///

nautilus files gvfs location

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The computer:/// scheme is provided by GVfs:

List of drives, volumes and mounts

That's all it really means. It's one of the schemes understood by the file manager. The Ubuntu's file manager Nautilus is built using Gtk,Gio, and GVfs libraries, hence why such uri scheme is available. Others, such as PCManFM also support it. In general, this is known as Uniform Resource Identifier which originally was meant for web technologies. Interestingly enough, some of the ideas are used on desktop as well. URI is one example, while GSettings use fully qualified domain name scheme, similar to how DNS would resolve a website.

Note, however, that the original GVfs link suggests computer:/// uri may be deprecated eventually. And exactly because Nautilus uses Gio/GVfs, this syntax is understood. If a file manager or another application are built with Qt for example, there's no guarantee it will be understood there.

How to go with the command line to a file at location computer:///

You can't, unless you write a command-line application that uses Gio/GVfs and recognizes computer:/// uri scheme. It's a virtual location, and doesn't have a real directory associated with it, so we can't simply cd into it in shell. Since the description states that it's basically a list of drives, volumes, and mountpoints it is sufficient to use lsblk command to get a listing of block devices and associated mountpoints

$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 28G 0 disk 
└─sda1 8:1 0 28G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 111.8G 0 disk 
└─sdb1 8:17 0 111.8G 0 part /mnt/ubuntu

List of drives ? Use udisksctl status

$ udisksctl status
MODEL REVISION SERIAL DEVICE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHN 25SATA01M 030 P0527A 30CG09180078 sda 
Radeon R7 1.01 A22MD061520000172 sdb 

If you need a very lengthy and detailed listing, there's also udisksctl dump

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The computer:/// scheme is provided by GVfs:

List of drives, volumes and mounts

That's all it really means. It's one of the schemes understood by the file manager. The Ubuntu's file manager Nautilus is built using Gtk,Gio, and GVfs libraries, hence why such uri scheme is available. Others, such as PCManFM also support it. In general, this is known as Uniform Resource Identifier which originally was meant for web technologies. Interestingly enough, some of the ideas are used on desktop as well. URI is one example, while GSettings use fully qualified domain name scheme, similar to how DNS would resolve a website.

Note, however, that the original GVfs link suggests computer:/// uri may be deprecated eventually. And exactly because Nautilus uses Gio/GVfs, this syntax is understood. If a file manager or another application are built with Qt for example, there's no guarantee it will be understood there.

How to go with the command line to a file at location computer:///

You can't, unless you write a command-line application that uses Gio/GVfs and recognizes computer:/// uri scheme. It's a virtual location, and doesn't have a real directory associated with it, so we can't simply cd into it in shell. Since the description states that it's basically a list of drives, volumes, and mountpoints it is sufficient to use lsblk command to get a listing of block devices and associated mountpoints

$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 28G 0 disk 
└─sda1 8:1 0 28G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 111.8G 0 disk 
└─sdb1 8:17 0 111.8G 0 part /mnt/ubuntu

List of drives ? Use udisksctl status

$ udisksctl status
MODEL REVISION SERIAL DEVICE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHN 25SATA01M 030 P0527A 30CG09180078 sda 
Radeon R7 1.01 A22MD061520000172 sdb 

If you need a very lengthy and detailed listing, there's also udisksctl dump

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5

The computer:/// scheme is provided by GVfs:

List of drives, volumes and mounts

That's all it really means. It's one of the schemes understood by the file manager. The Ubuntu's file manager Nautilus is built using Gtk,Gio, and GVfs libraries, hence why such uri scheme is available. Others, such as PCManFM also support it. In general, this is known as Uniform Resource Identifier which originally was meant for web technologies. Interestingly enough, some of the ideas are used on desktop as well. URI is one example, while GSettings use fully qualified domain name scheme, similar to how DNS would resolve a website.

Note, however, that the original GVfs link suggests computer:/// uri may be deprecated eventually. And exactly because Nautilus uses Gio/GVfs, this syntax is understood. If a file manager or another application are built with Qt for example, there's no guarantee it will be understood there.

How to go with the command line to a file at location computer:///

You can't, unless you write a command-line application that uses Gio/GVfs and recognizes computer:/// uri scheme. It's a virtual location, and doesn't have a real directory associated with it, so we can't simply cd into it in shell. Since the description states that it's basically a list of drives, volumes, and mountpoints it is sufficient to use lsblk command to get a listing of block devices and associated mountpoints

$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 28G 0 disk 
└─sda1 8:1 0 28G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 111.8G 0 disk 
└─sdb1 8:17 0 111.8G 0 part /mnt/ubuntu

List of drives ? Use udisksctl status

$ udisksctl status
MODEL REVISION SERIAL DEVICE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHN 25SATA01M 030 P0527A 30CG09180078 sda 
Radeon R7 1.01 A22MD061520000172 sdb 

If you need a very lengthy and detailed listing, there's also udisksctl dump

share|improve this answer

edited Jul 8 at 18:26

answered Jul 8 at 4:46

Sergiy KolodyazhnyySergiy Kolodyazhnyy

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add a comment | 

The computer:/// scheme is provided by GVfs:

List of drives, volumes and mounts

That's all it really means. It's one of the schemes understood by the file manager. The Ubuntu's file manager Nautilus is built using Gtk,Gio, and GVfs libraries, hence why such uri scheme is available. Others, such as PCManFM also support it. In general, this is known as Uniform Resource Identifier which originally was meant for web technologies. Interestingly enough, some of the ideas are used on desktop as well. URI is one example, while GSettings use fully qualified domain name scheme, similar to how DNS would resolve a website.

Note, however, that the original GVfs link suggests computer:/// uri may be deprecated eventually. And exactly because Nautilus uses Gio/GVfs, this syntax is understood. If a file manager or another application are built with Qt for example, there's no guarantee it will be understood there.

How to go with the command line to a file at location computer:///

You can't, unless you write a command-line application that uses Gio/GVfs and recognizes computer:/// uri scheme. It's a virtual location, and doesn't have a real directory associated with it, so we can't simply cd into it in shell. Since the description states that it's basically a list of drives, volumes, and mountpoints it is sufficient to use lsblk command to get a listing of block devices and associated mountpoints

$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 28G 0 disk 
└─sda1 8:1 0 28G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 111.8G 0 disk 
└─sdb1 8:17 0 111.8G 0 part /mnt/ubuntu

List of drives ? Use udisksctl status

$ udisksctl status
MODEL REVISION SERIAL DEVICE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHN 25SATA01M 030 P0527A 30CG09180078 sda 
Radeon R7 1.01 A22MD061520000172 sdb 

If you need a very lengthy and detailed listing, there's also udisksctl dump

share|improve this answer

edited Jul 8 at 18:26

answered Jul 8 at 4:46

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$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 28G 0 disk 
└─sda1 8:1 0 28G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 111.8G 0 disk 
└─sdb1 8:17 0 111.8G 0 part /mnt/ubuntu

$ udisksctl status
MODEL REVISION SERIAL DEVICE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHN 25SATA01M 030 P0527A 30CG09180078 sda 
Radeon R7 1.01 A22MD061520000172 sdb 

share|improve this answer

edited Jul 8 at 18:26

answered Jul 8 at 4:46

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answered Jul 8 at 4:46

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