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GMount and GVolume

I am new to GIO and I am totally confused between GMount and GVolume. The GIO reference says that GMount is a "mounted" filesystem that you can access while GVolume represents user-visible objects that can be mounted. I have a few questions about these two types.

  1. Is a mounted GVolume object equivalent to a GMount object?
  2. A mounted GVolume object is always associated with a GMount object. What is the relationship between them?
  3. A GMount object may or may not be associated with a GVolume object. When is it not associated with the latter?
Solution

  • In short:

    1. No.
    2. Yes, 1-1 relationship by the way.
    3. Virtual devices such as fpt:// etc. have only a Gmount without a GVolume.