VolumeMonitor

Object Hierarchy:

Description:

public class VolumeMonitor : Object

VolumeMonitor is for listing the user interesting devices and volumes on the computer.

In other words, what a file selector or file manager would show in a sidebar.

VolumeMonitor is not thread-default-context aware, and so should not be used other than from the main thread, with no thread-default-context active.

All known sub-classes:

NativeVolumeMonitor

Namespace: GLib

Package: gio-2.0

Content:

Static methods:

public static Volume adopt_orphan_mount (Mount mount)
This function should be called by any VolumeMonitor implementation when a new Mount object is created that is not associated with a Volume object.
public static VolumeMonitor @get ()
Gets the volume monitor used by gio.

Creation methods:

protected VolumeMonitor ()

Methods:

public virtual List<Drive> get_connected_drives ()
Gets a list of drives connected to the system.
public virtual Mount get_mount_for_uuid (string uuid)
Finds a Mount object by its UUID (see get_uuid)
public virtual List<Mount> get_mounts ()
Gets a list of the mounts on the system.
public virtual Volume get_volume_for_uuid (string uuid)
Finds a Volume object by its UUID (see get_uuid)
public virtual List<Volume> get_volumes ()
Gets a list of the volumes on the system.
public virtual bool is_supported ()

Signals:

public virtual signal void drive_changed (Drive drive)
Emitted when a drive changes.
public virtual signal void drive_connected (Drive drive)
Emitted when a drive is connected to the system.
public virtual signal void drive_disconnected (Drive drive)
Emitted when a drive is disconnected from the system.
public virtual signal void drive_eject_button (Drive drive)
Emitted when the eject button is pressed on drive.
public virtual signal void drive_stop_button (Drive drive)
Emitted when the stop button is pressed on drive.
public virtual signal void mount_added (Mount mount)
Emitted when a mount is added.
public virtual signal void mount_changed (Mount mount)
Emitted when a mount changes.
public virtual signal void mount_pre_unmount (Mount mount)
Emitted when a mount is about to be removed.
public virtual signal void mount_removed (Mount mount)
Emitted when a mount is removed.
public virtual signal void volume_added (Volume volume)
Emitted when a mountable volume is added to the system.
public virtual signal void volume_changed (Volume volume)
Emitted when mountable volume is changed.
public virtual signal void volume_removed (Volume volume)
Emitted when a mountable volume is removed from the system.

Inherited Members:

All known members inherited from class GLib.Object