Re: Writing a GVFS backend

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Thu, 2013-05-02 at 16:46 +0200, jf dockes org wrote:
> Bastien Nocera writes:
>  > On Thu, 2013-05-02 at 12:44 +0200, jf dockes org wrote:
>  > > Hi,
>  > > 
>  > > Apologies in advance if this is a FAQ, please just point me to the right
>  > > place... The question:
>  > > 
>  > > Is it possible to write a GVFS backend out of the Gnome source tree ?
>  > 
>  > No. The API isn't public.
>
> Thanks, and sorry to be a little thick, just so I'm sure I fully understand: 
> this means that there is no way to extend (à la KIO) a GVFS/GIO-based file
> manager to support another kind of "file store/catalog" except by modifying
> Gnome source ?

If by "Gnome source" you mean gvfs, then yes, that's correct.

What were you looking to do?

Cheers