Accessing GVFS mounts from 3rd party applications?

[Timo Aaltonen]

07.04.2012 10:47, David Klasinc kirjoitti:
> Greetings,
> 
> Each time a device is automatically mounted by operating system every
> gnome/gtk aware application can access it without any problems. The
> problem is with non-gnome applications. There is no way to access all
> those devices and auto mounting loses its purpose.
> 
> With various storage devices the workaround is to open your home
> directory and navigate to .gvfs and open the directory of the device.
> This is cumbersome and not always possible, because one might not see
> the dot directory.
> 
> Now, the real problem. Digital cameras that are recognized by gphoto2
> and are 'mounted' with PTP there is no way to access them.
> 
> This is seriously disturbing the work flow of someone that deals with a
> lot of photographs and is not using a gnome-aware software for post
> processing and cataloging. It means that photographs have to be copied
> to the disk and then imported in chosen software.
> 
> Unfortunately using Shotwell isn't an option, because it lacks a lot of
> RAW processing functionality and post processing filters and options.
> 
> So, are there any workarounds that don't require a lot of manual work?

gvfs mounts show up under ~/.gvfs/<name> at least here, so navigate
there to access them from 3rd party apps (like, the terminal.. :)

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