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GVFS-INFO(1) User Commands GVFS-INFO(1)

NAME

gvfs-info - Show information about files

SYNOPSIS

gvfs-info [OPTION...] [LOCATION...]

DESCRIPTION

gvfs-info shows information about the given locations.
gvfs-info is similar to the traditional ls utility, but using gvfs locations instead of local files: for example you can use something like smb://server/resource/file.txt as location.
File attributes can be specified with their gvfs name, e.g. standard::icon, or just by namespace, e.g. unix, or by '*' which matches all attributes. Several attributes or groups can be specified, separated by comma.
By default, gvfs-info shows all attributes.

OPTIONS

The following options are understood:
-h, --help
Prints a short help text and exits.
--version
Shows the version number and exits.
-w, --query-writable
Show writable attributes and their types.
-f, --filesystem
Show information about the filesystem on which the files reside.
-a, --attributes=ATTRIBUTES
The attributes to get, specified as a comma-separated list of gvfs file attribute names.
-n, --nofollow-symlinks
Don't follow symlinks.

EXIT STATUS

On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

SEE ALSO

ls(1), gvfs-ls(1), GIO file attributes[1]

NOTES

1.
GIO file attributes
gvfs