[Thunar-dev] Question about thunar-volman.

[Alexandre Moreira]

2007/1/18, Benedikt Meurer <benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de>:
> Alexandre Moreira wrote:
> > Hello, Benny.
> >
> > I have not been able to test volman yet, buried in work for a few days
> > now, but there is something I'd like to ask you if it is able to do,
> > and if it is not, if it would be hard to implement or anything like
> > it.
> >
> > I've seen that it can mount a usb storage device once plugged, if the
> > user so decides. Now, would it unmount the device when it gets
> > unplugged ? I just found that the most inconvenient part of the manual
> > process, so I thought it would be a nice feature to have if it doesn't
> > already has it (and if hal triggers enough events to make that
> > possible).
> >
> > I mean, its hard to "forget the mount something" when you KNOW you
> > want to use it... but forgetting to unmount it after usage is done is
> > the most common scenario (at least to my fish-like memory).
>
> Forgetting to unmount means to loose data in most cases, no matter if
> "the device is being forgotten" or not.

Hum... then I guess I'll have to fix my head (hehehe).

>
> I've read that HAL should clean up the mount of the device was removed
> without unmount, but that doesn't seem to work. At least on my FreeBSD
> box that caused trouble, messing up the system.
>
> This is always the same issue, no matter if you're talking about Linux,
> Windows, OS X, etc. File systems must be unmounted to avoid data loss.
>
> BTW: This issue has nothing to do with thunar-volman or Thunar.

Of course, I just wanted to know if it was possible. But thanks for
the prompt reply. I have to say, Xfce and Thunar's dev lists are the
most friendly dev lists I've ever been to (and I am in lots of those).

Thanks again,
Alexandre Moreira.

>
> > Regards,
> > Alexandre Moreira.
>
> Benedikt
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