gvfs r1226 - trunk

[alexl svn gnome org]

Author: alexl
Date: Mon Feb  4 11:24:40 2008
New Revision: 1226
URL: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gvfs?rev=1226&view=rev

Log:
2008-02-04  Alexander Larsson  <alexl redhat com>

	* README:
	Add some info in README



Modified:
   trunk/ChangeLog
   trunk/README

Modified: trunk/README
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+gvfs is a userspace virtual filesystem designed to work with the i/o
+abstractions of gio (a library availible in glib >= 2.15.1). It
+installs several modules that are automatically used by applications
+using the APIs of libgio. There is also fuse support that allows
+applications not using gio to access the gvfs filesystems.
+
+
+The gvfs model differs from e.g. gnome-vfs in that filesystems must
+be mounted before they are used. There is a central daemon (gvfsd)
+that handles coordinting mounts, and then each mount is (typically)
+in its own daemon process (although mounts can share daemon process).
+
+gvfs comes with a set of backends, including trash support, sftp,
+smb, http, dav and others. More backends are planned.
+
+gvfs also contains modules for gio that implement hal volume monitors
+and the gnome uri-scheme handler configuration.
+
+There is a set of command line programs starting with "gvfs-" that
+lets you run commands (like cat, ls, stat, etc) on files in the gvfs
+mounts.