Re: [Libmtp-discuss] MTP from the command line?

[ToddAndMargo <Tod...@zo...>]

On 3/11/19 4:40 PM, Philip Langdale wrote:
> On 2019-03-11 16:03, ToddAndMargo via Libmtp-discuss wrote:
>>
>>
>> I installed gvfs-fuse, fired up my phone
>>
>> $ grep todd /etc/passwd
>> todd:x:500:100:todd:/home/todd:/bin/bash
>>
>> $ ls -al /run/user
>> total 0
>> drwxr-xr-x.  3 root root    60 Mar 11 15:04 .
>> drwxr-xr-x. 48 root root  1440 Mar 11 15:40 ..
>> drwx------.  8 todd users  200 Mar 11 15:04 500
>>
>> $ ls -al /run/user/500/gvfs
>> total 0
>> drwx------. 2 todd users  40 Mar 11 15:04 .
>> drwx------. 8 todd users 200 Mar 11 15:04 ..
>>
>>
>> Then fired up Nautilus, which showed my phone
>> (and its data) mounted on
>>
>>    mtp://KYOCERA_KYOCERA_Android_615756870/
>>
>> No joy.  :'(
>>
>> What other gvfs utilities might I be missing?
>>
> 
> Did you at least log out and back in first? I suspect that
> it won't work until your desktop session is restarted.

Full reboot.

> 
> As for command line tools, there is the 'gio' utility
> which can directly interact with the mtp:// urls and lets
> you work with files. You could use that as an alternative to
> the fuse bridge, but obviously your life will be a lot
> easier if you can just use the bridge.
> 
> --phil