[Thunar-dev] File copying

[Danny Milosavljevic]

Hi,

Am Donnerstag, den 26.01.2006, 08:40 +0100 schrieb Vincent:
> Hey,
> 
> When you copy a file, the whole path to that file is copied to the
> clipboard, and when I paste it into xfce4-terminal then it should show
> up, right? OK, it does, however, it has the prefix "file:///". What is

hostname missing btw

>  the use of this? For Fx it isn't needed I believe cause it will just
> put that in front of it automatically if I'm right. There probably is
> a reason for this, if so, please tell. 

If the hostname is there,

"file://myhost/foo/bar" has the practical use of:

Let's say you sit at host-a, then ssh to host-b and:

export DISPLAY="host-a:0"
thunar

Then locally at host-a you open a terminal, and copy the file path from
thunar to the terminal ->

file://host-b/foo/bar <-- user/program: "ooops! that's actually on
host-b, not on host-a. I can't do that..." :)

> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Vincent

cheers,
   Danny