gvfs-mount
mounts virtual filesystems through GVFS
TLDR
SYNOPSIS
gvfs-mount [options] [location...]gvfs-mount --list [options]gvfs-mount --unmount-scheme=SCHEME
DESCRIPTION
gvfs-mount mounts virtual filesystems through GVFS (GNOME Virtual File System). It supports various protocols including SMB/CIFS, SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, and MTP.GVFS provides a userspace filesystem layer, allowing file managers and applications to access remote resources transparently.
PARAMETERS
LOCATION
File or directory path or URI to mount.-m, --mountable
Mount the specified location as a mountable, rather than the default mount operation.-d, --device DEVICE
Mount the volume with the given device file.-u, --unmount
Unmount the given locations.-e, --eject
Eject the given locations.-s, --unmount-scheme SCHEME
Unmount all mounts with the given scheme (e.g. smb, sftp).-l, --list
List all known mounts.-o, --monitor
Monitor mount and unmount events.-i, --detail
Show extra information for --list and --monitor.-h, --help
Print a short help text and exit.
SUPPORTED SCHEMES
sftp:// SSH file transfer
ftp:// FTP servers
dav:// WebDAV servers
mtp:// MTP devices (phones)
gphoto2:// PTP cameras
CAVEATS
Part of the gvfs-bin command-line tools, deprecated in gvfs 1.31 (2016) and removed entirely in gvfs 1.38 (2018) in favor of the unified gio command (`gio mount`). Modern distributions no longer ship gvfs-mount. Requires a running GVFS daemon; mount points appear under /run/user/$UID/gvfs/.
HISTORY
gvfs-mount was part of GVFS's original gvfs-bin utilities, introduced for GNOME alongside GVFS in 2008 (GNOME 2.22). It has since been superseded by gio mount.
SEE ALSO
gio(1), mount(8), smbclient(1), fusermount(1)
