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   4   <refentryinfo>
   5     <title>gio</title>
   6     <productname>GIO</productname>
   7     <authorgroup>
   8       <author>
   9         <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  10         <firstname>Matthias</firstname>
  11         <surname>Clasen</surname>
  12         <email>mclasen@redhat.com</email>
  13       </author>
  14     </authorgroup>
  15   </refentryinfo>
  16
  17   <refmeta>
  18     <refentrytitle>gio</refentrytitle>
  19     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  20     <refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
  21   </refmeta>
  22
  23   <refnamediv>
  24     <refname>gio</refname>
  25     <refpurpose>GIO commandline tool</refpurpose>
  26   </refnamediv>
  27
  28   <refsynopsisdiv>
  29     <cmdsynopsis>
  30       <command>gio</command>
  31       <arg choice="plain">help</arg>
  32       <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable></arg>
  33     </cmdsynopsis>
  34     <cmdsynopsis>
  35       <command>gio</command>
  36       <arg choice="plain">version</arg>
  37     </cmdsynopsis>
  38     <cmdsynopsis>
  39       <command>gio</command>
  40       <arg choice="plain">cat</arg>
  41       <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
  42     </cmdsynopsis>
  43     <cmdsynopsis>
  44       <command>gio</command>
  45       <arg choice="plain">copy</arg>
  46       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
  47       <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>SOURCE</replaceable></arg>
  48       <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>DESTINATION</replaceable></arg>
  49     </cmdsynopsis>
  50     <cmdsynopsis>
  51       <command>gio</command>
  52       <arg choice="plain">info</arg>
  53       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
  54       <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
  55     </cmdsynopsis>
  56     <cmdsynopsis>
  57       <command>gio</command>
  58       <arg choice="plain">list</arg>
  59       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
  60       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
  61     </cmdsynopsis>
  62     <cmdsynopsis>
  63       <command>gio</command>
  64       <arg choice="plain">mime</arg>
  65       <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>MIMETYPE</replaceable></arg>
  66       <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>HANDLER</replaceable></arg>
  67     </cmdsynopsis>
  68     <cmdsynopsis>
  69       <command>gio</command>
  70       <arg choice="plain">mkdir</arg>
  71       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
  72       <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
  73     </cmdsynopsis>
  74     <cmdsynopsis>
  75       <command>gio</command>
  76       <arg choice="plain">monitor</arg>
  77       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
  78       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
  79     </cmdsynopsis>
  80     <cmdsynopsis>
  81       <command>gio</command>
  82       <arg choice="plain">mount</arg>
  83       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
  84       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
  85     </cmdsynopsis>
  86     <cmdsynopsis>
  87       <command>gio</command>
  88       <arg choice="plain">move</arg>
  89       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
  90       <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>SOURCE</replaceable></arg>
  91       <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>DESTINATION</replaceable></arg>
  92     </cmdsynopsis>
  93     <cmdsynopsis>
  94       <command>gio</command>
  95       <arg choice="plain">open</arg>
  96       <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
  97     </cmdsynopsis>
  98     <cmdsynopsis>
  99       <command>gio</command>
 100       <arg choice="plain">rename</arg>
 101       <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 102       <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg>
 103     </cmdsynopsis>
 104     <cmdsynopsis>
 105       <command>gio</command>
 106       <arg choice="plain">remove</arg>
 107       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
 108       <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 109     </cmdsynopsis>
 110     <cmdsynopsis>
 111       <command>gio</command>
 112       <arg choice="plain">save</arg>
 113       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
 114       <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>DESTINATION</replaceable></arg>
 115     </cmdsynopsis>
 116     <cmdsynopsis>
 117       <command>gio</command>
 118       <arg choice="plain">set</arg>
 119       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
 120       <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 121       <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>ATTRIBUTE</replaceable></arg>
 122       <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></arg>
 123     </cmdsynopsis>
 124     <cmdsynopsis>
 125       <command>gio</command>
 126       <arg choice="plain">trash</arg>
 127       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
 128       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 129     </cmdsynopsis>
 130     <cmdsynopsis>
 131       <command>gio</command>
 132       <arg choice="plain">tree</arg>
 133       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
 134       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 135     </cmdsynopsis>
 136   </refsynopsisdiv>
 137
 138   <refsect1>
 139     <title>Description</title>
 140     <para><command>gio</command> is a utility that makes many of the GIO
 141       features available from the commandline. In doing so, it provides
 142       commands that are similar to traditional utilities, but let you
 143       use GIO locations instead of local files: for example you can use
 144       something like <filename>smb://server/resource/file.txt</filename>
 145       as location.</para>
 146   </refsect1>
 147
 148   <refsect1>
 149     <title>Commands</title>
 150
 151     <variablelist>
 152       <varlistentry>
 153         <term>
 154           <command>help</command>
 155           <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable></arg>
 156         </term>
 157         <listitem>
 158           <para>Displays a short synopsis of the available commands or provides
 159             detailed help on a specific command.</para>
 160         </listitem>
 161       </varlistentry>
 162
 163       <varlistentry>
 164         <term>
 165           <command>version</command>
 166         </term>
 167         <listitem>
 168           <para>Prints the GLib version to which <command>gio</command>
 169             belongs.</para>
 170         </listitem>
 171       </varlistentry>
 172
 173       <varlistentry>
 174         <term>
 175           <command>cat</command>
 176           <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 177         </term>
 178         <listitem>
 179           <para>Concatenates the given files and prints them to the standard
 180             output.</para>
 181           <para>The cat command works just like the traditional cat utility.</para>
 182           <para>Note: just pipe through cat if you need its formatting options
 183             like -n, -T or other.</para>
 184         </listitem>
 185       </varlistentry>
 186
 187       <varlistentry>
 188         <term>
 189           <command>copy</command>
 190           <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
 191           <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>SOURCE</replaceable></arg>
 192           <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>DESTINATION</replaceable></arg>
 193         </term>
 194         <listitem>
 195           <para>Copies one or more files from <replaceable>SOURCE</replaceable>
 196             to <replaceable>DESTINATION</replaceable>. If more than one source
 197             is specified, the destination must be a directory.</para>
 198           <para>The copy command is similar to the traditional cp utility.</para>
 199           <refsect3>
 200             <title>Options</title>
 201             <variablelist>
 202               <varlistentry>
 203                 <term><option>-T</option>, <option>--no-target-directory</option></term>
 204                 <listitem><para>Don't copy into <replaceable>DESTINATION</replaceable> even if it is a directory.</para></listitem>
 205               </varlistentry>
 206               <varlistentry>
 207                 <term><option>-p</option>, <option>--progress</option></term>
 208                 <listitem><para>Show progress.</para></listitem>
 209               </varlistentry>
 210               <varlistentry>
 211                 <term><option>-i</option>, <option>--interactive</option></term>
 212                 <listitem><para>Prompt for confirmation before overwriting files.</para></listitem>
 213               </varlistentry>
 214               <varlistentry>
 215                 <term><option>--preserve</option></term>
 216                 <listitem><para>Preserve all attributes of copied files.</para></listitem>
 217               </varlistentry>
 218               <varlistentry>
 219                 <term><option>-b</option>, <option>--backup</option></term>
 220                 <listitem><para>Create backups of existing destination files.</para></listitem>
 221               </varlistentry>
 222               <varlistentry>
 223                 <term><option>-P</option>, <option>--no-dereference</option></term>
 224                 <listitem><para>Never follow symbolic links.</para></listitem>
 225               </varlistentry>
 226             </variablelist>
 227           </refsect3>
 228         </listitem>
 229       </varlistentry>
 230       <varlistentry>
 231         <term>
 232           <command>info</command>
 233           <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
 234           <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 235         </term>
 236         <listitem>
 237           <para>Shows information about the given locations.</para>
 238           <para>The info command is similar to the traditional ls utility.</para>
 239           <refsect3>
 240             <title>Options</title>
 241             <variablelist>
 242               <varlistentry>
 243                 <term><option>-w</option>, <option>--query-writable</option></term>
 244                 <listitem><para>List writable attributes.</para></listitem>
 245               </varlistentry>
 246               <varlistentry>
 247                 <term><option>-f</option>, <option>--filesystem</option></term>
 248                 <listitem><para>Show information about the filesystem that the given
 249                 locations reside on.</para></listitem>
 250               </varlistentry>
 251               <varlistentry>
 252                 <term><option>-a</option> <option>--attributes=<replaceable>ATTRIBUTES</replaceable></option></term>
 253                 <listitem><para>The attributes to get.</para>
 254                   <para>Attributes can be specified with their GIO name, e.g.
 255                     standard::icon, or just by namespace, e.g. unix, or by '*',
 256                     which matches all attributes. Several attributes or groups
 257                     of attributes can be specified, separated by comma.</para>
 258                   <para>By default, all attributes are listed.</para></listitem>
 259               </varlistentry>
 260               <varlistentry>
 261                 <term><option>-n</option>, <option>--nofollow-symlinks</option></term>
 262                 <listitem><para>Don't follow symbolic links.</para></listitem>
 263               </varlistentry>
 264             </variablelist>
 265           </refsect3>
 266         </listitem>
 267       </varlistentry>
 268
 269       <varlistentry>
 270         <term>
 271           <command>list</command>
 272           <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
 273           <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 274         </term>
 275         <listitem>
 276           <para>Lists the contents of the given locations. If no location is
 277             given, the contents of the current directory are shown.</para>
 278           <para>The list command is similar to the traditional ls utility.</para>
 279           <refsect3>
 280             <title>Options</title>
 281             <variablelist>
 282               <varlistentry>
 283                 <term><option>-a</option> <option>--attributes=<replaceable>ATTRIBUTES</replaceable></option></term>
 284                 <listitem><para>The attributes to get.</para>
 285                   <para>Attributes can be specified with their GIO name, e.g.
 286                     standard::icon, or just by namespace, e.g. unix, or by '*',
 287                     which matches all attributes. Several attributes or groups
 288                     of attributes can be specified, separated by comma.</para>
 289                   <para>By default, all attributes are listed.</para></listitem>
 290               </varlistentry>
 291               <varlistentry>
 292                 <term><option>-h</option>, <option>--hidden</option></term>
 293                 <listitem><para>Show hidden files.</para></listitem>
 294               </varlistentry>
 295               <varlistentry>
 296                 <term><option>-l</option>, <option>--long</option></term>
 297                 <listitem><para>Use a long listing format.</para></listitem>
 298               </varlistentry>
 299               <varlistentry>
 300                 <term><option>-n</option>, <option>--nofollow-symlinks</option></term>
 301                 <listitem><para>Don't follow symbolic links.</para></listitem>
 302               </varlistentry>
 303               <varlistentry>
 304                 <term><option>-u</option>, <option>--print-uris</option></term>
 305                 <listitem><para>Print full URIs.</para></listitem>
 306               </varlistentry>
 307             </variablelist>
 308           </refsect3>
 309         </listitem>
 310       </varlistentry>
 311
 312       <varlistentry>
 313         <term>
 314           <command>mime</command>
 315           <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>MIMETYPE</replaceable></arg>
 316           <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>HANDLER</replaceable></arg>
 317         </term>
 318         <listitem>
 319           <para>If no handler is given, the mime command lists the
 320             registered and recommended applications for the mimetype.
 321             If a handler is given, it is set as the default handler for
 322             the mimetype.</para>
 323           <para>Handlers must be specified by their desktop file name,
 324             including the extension. Example: org.gnome.gedit.desktop.</para>
 325         </listitem>
 326       </varlistentry>
 327
 328       <varlistentry>
 329         <term>
 330           <command>mkdir</command>
 331           <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
 332           <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 333         </term>
 334         <listitem>
 335           <para>Creates directories.</para>
 336           <para>The mkdir command is similar to the traditional mkdir utility.</para>
 337           <refsect3>
 338             <title>Options</title>
 339             <variablelist>
 340               <varlistentry>
 341                 <term><option>-p</option>, <option>--parent</option></term>
 342                 <listitem><para>Create parent directories when necessary.</para></listitem>
 343               </varlistentry>
 344             </variablelist>
 345           </refsect3>
 346         </listitem>
 347       </varlistentry>
 348
 349       <varlistentry>
 350         <term>
 351           <command>monitor</command>
 352           <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
 353           <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 354         </term>
 355         <listitem>
 356           <para>Monitors files or directories for changes, such as creation
 357             deletion, content and attribute changes, and mount and unmount
 358             operations affecting the monitored locations.</para>
 359           <para>The monitor command uses the GIO file monitoring APIs to do
 360             its job. GIO has different implementations for different platforms.
 361             The most common implementation on Linux uses inotify.</para>
 362           <refsect3>
 363             <title>Options</title>
 364             <variablelist>
 365               <varlistentry>
 366                 <term><option>-d</option>, <option>--dir=<replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></option></term>
 367                 <listitem><para>Monitor the given location as a directory. Normally,
 368                   the file type is used to determine whether to monitor a file or directory.</para></listitem>
 369               </varlistentry>
 370               <varlistentry>
 371                 <term><option>-f</option>, <option>--file=<replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></option></term>
 372                 <listitem><para>Monitor the given location as a file. Normally,
 373                   the file type is used to determine whether to monitor a file or directory.</para></listitem>
 374               </varlistentry>
 375               <varlistentry>
 376                 <term><option>-D</option>, <option>--direct=<replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></option></term>
 377                 <listitem><para>Monitor the file directly. This allows to capture changes made via hardlinks.</para></listitem>
 378               </varlistentry>
 379               <varlistentry>
 380                 <term><option>-s</option>, <option>--silent=<replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></option></term>
 381                 <listitem><para>Monitor the file directly, but don't report changes.</para></listitem>
 382               </varlistentry>
 383               <varlistentry>
 384                 <term><option>-n</option>, <option>--no-moves</option></term>
 385                 <listitem><para>Report moves and renames as simple deleted/created events.</para></listitem>
 386               </varlistentry>
 387               <varlistentry>
 388                 <term><option>-m</option>, <option>--mounts</option></term>
 389                 <listitem><para>Watch for mount events.</para></listitem>
 390               </varlistentry>
 391             </variablelist>
 392           </refsect3>
 393         </listitem>
 394       </varlistentry>
 395
 396       <varlistentry>
 397         <term>
 398           <command>mount</command>
 399           <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
 400           <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 401         </term>
 402         <listitem>
 403           <para>Provides commandline access to various aspects of GIOs mounting
 404             functionality.</para>
 405           <para>Mounting refers to the traditional concept of arranging multiple
 406             file systems and devices in a single tree, rooted at /. Classical
 407             mounting happens in the kernel and is controlle by the mount utility.
 408             GIO expands this concept by introducing mount daemons that can make
 409             file systems available to GIO applications without kernel
 410             involvement.</para>
 411           <para>GIO mounts can require authentication, and the mount command
 412             may ask for user IDs, passwords, and so on, when required.</para>
 413           <refsect3>
 414             <title>Options</title>
 415             <variablelist>
 416               <varlistentry>
 417                 <term><option>-m</option>, <option>--mountable</option></term>
 418                 <listitem><para>Mount as mountable.</para></listitem>
 419               </varlistentry>
 420               <varlistentry>
 421                 <term><option>-d</option>, <option>--device=<replaceable>DEVICE</replaceable></option></term>
 422                 <listitem><para>Mount volume with device file.</para></listitem>
 423               </varlistentry>
 424               <varlistentry>
 425                 <term><option>-u</option>, <option>--unmount</option></term>
 426                 <listitem><para>Unmount the location.</para></listitem>
 427               </varlistentry>
 428               <varlistentry>
 429                 <term><option>-e</option>, <option>--eject</option></term>
 430                 <listitem><para>Eject the location.</para></listitem>
 431               </varlistentry>
 432               <varlistentry>
 433                 <term><option>-s</option>, <option>--unmount-scheme=<replaceable>SCHEME</replaceable></option></term>
 434                 <listitem><para>Unmount all mounts with the given scheme.</para></listitem>
 435               </varlistentry>
 436               <varlistentry>
 437                 <term><option>-f</option>, <option>--force</option></term>
 438                 <listitem><para>Ignore outstanding file operations when unmounting or ejecting.</para></listitem>
 439               </varlistentry>
 440               <varlistentry>
 441                 <term><option>-a</option>, <option>--anonymous</option></term>
 442                 <listitem><para>Use an anonymous user when authenticating.</para></listitem>
 443               </varlistentry>
 444               <varlistentry>
 445                 <term><option>-l</option>, <option>--list</option></term>
 446                 <listitem><para>List all GIO mounts.</para></listitem>
 447               </varlistentry>
 448               <varlistentry>
 449                 <term><option>-o</option>, <option>--monitor</option></term>
 450                 <listitem><para>Monitor mount-related events.</para>
 451                 </listitem>
 452               </varlistentry>
 453               <varlistentry>
 454                 <term><option>-i</option>, <option>--detail</option></term>
 455                 <listitem><para>Show extra information.</para>
 456                 </listitem>
 457               </varlistentry>
 458               <varlistentry>
 459                 <term><option>--tcrypt-pim</option></term>
 460                 <listitem><para>The numeric PIM when unlocking a VeraCrypt volume.</para>
 461                 </listitem>
 462               </varlistentry>
 463               <varlistentry>
 464                 <term><option>--tcrypt-hidden</option></term>
 465                 <listitem><para>Mount a TCRYPT hidden volume.</para>
 466                 </listitem>
 467               </varlistentry>
 468               <varlistentry>
 469                 <term><option>--tcrypt-system</option></term>
 470                 <listitem><para>Mount a TCRYPT system volume.</para>
 471                 </listitem>
 472               </varlistentry>
 473             </variablelist>
 474           </refsect3>
 475         </listitem>
 476       </varlistentry>
 477
 478       <varlistentry>
 479         <term>
 480           <command>move</command>
 481           <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
 482           <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>SOURCE</replaceable></arg>
 483           <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>DESTINATION</replaceable></arg>
 484         </term>
 485         <listitem>
 486           <para>Moves one or more files from <replaceable>SOURCE</replaceable>
 487             to <replaceable>DESTINATION</replaceable>. If more than one source
 488             is specified, the destination must be a directory.</para>
 489           <para>The move command is similar to the traditional mv utility.</para>
 490         </listitem>
 491       </varlistentry>
 492
 493       <varlistentry>
 494         <term>
 495           <command>open</command>
 496           <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 497         </term>
 498         <listitem>
 499           <para>Opens files with the default application that is registered
 500             to handle files of this type.</para>
 501           <para>GIO obtains this information from the shared-mime-info
 502             database, with per-user overrides stored in
 503             <filename><envar>$XDG_DATA_HOME</envar>/applications/mimeapps.list</filename>.</para>
 504           <para>The mime command can be used to change the default handler for
 505             a mimetype.</para>
 506         </listitem>
 507       </varlistentry>
 508
 509       <varlistentry>
 510         <term>
 511           <command>rename</command>
 512           <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 513           <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg>
 514         </term>
 515         <listitem>
 516           <para>Renames a file.</para>
 517           <para>The rename command is similar to the traditional rename utility.</para>
 518         </listitem>
 519       </varlistentry>
 520
 521       <varlistentry>
 522         <term>
 523           <command>remove</command>
 524           <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
 525           <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 526         </term>
 527         <listitem>
 528           <para>Deletes each given file.</para>
 529           <para>This command removes files irreversibly. If you want a reversible
 530             way to remove files, see the trash command.</para>
 531           <para>Note that not all URI schemes that are supported by GIO may
 532             allow deletion of files.</para>
 533           <para> The remove command is similar to the traditional rm utility.</para>
 534           <refsect3>
 535             <title>Options</title>
 536             <variablelist>
 537               <varlistentry>
 538                 <term><option>-f</option>, <option>--force</option></term>
 539                 <listitem><para>Ignore non-existent and non-deletable files.</para></listitem>
 540               </varlistentry>
 541             </variablelist>
 542           </refsect3>
 543         </listitem>
 544       </varlistentry>
 545
 546       <varlistentry>
 547         <term>
 548           <command>save</command>
 549           <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
 550           <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>DESTINATION</replaceable></arg>
 551         </term>
 552         <listitem>
 553           <para>Reads from standard input and saves the data to the given
 554             location.</para>
 555           <para>This is similar to just redirecting output to a file using
 556             traditional shell syntax, but the save command allows saving to
 557             location that GIO can write to.</para>
 558           <refsect3>
 559             <title>Options</title>
 560             <variablelist>
 561               <varlistentry>
 562                 <term><option>-b</option>, <option>--backup</option></term>
 563                 <listitem><para>Backup existing destination files.</para></listitem>
 564               </varlistentry>
 565               <varlistentry>
 566                 <term><option>-c</option>, <option>--create</option></term>
 567                 <listitem><para>Only create the destination if it doesn't exist yet.</para></listitem>
 568               </varlistentry>
 569               <varlistentry>
 570                 <term><option>-a</option>, <option>--append</option></term>
 571                 <listitem><para>Append to the end of the file.</para></listitem>
 572               </varlistentry>
 573               <varlistentry>
 574                 <term><option>-p</option>, <option>--private</option></term>
 575                 <listitem><para>When creating, restrict access to the current user.</para></listitem>
 576               </varlistentry>
 577               <varlistentry>
 578                 <term><option>-u</option>, <option>--unlink</option></term>
 579                 <listitem><para>When replacing, replace as if the destination did not exist.</para></listitem>
 580               </varlistentry>
 581               <varlistentry>
 582                 <term><option>-v</option>, <option>--print-etag</option></term>
 583                 <listitem><para>Print the new etag in the end.</para></listitem>
 584               </varlistentry>
 585               <varlistentry>
 586                 <term><option>-e</option>, <option>--etag=<replaceable>ETAG</replaceable></option></term>
 587                 <listitem><para>The etag of the file that is overwritten.</para></listitem>
 588               </varlistentry>
 589             </variablelist>
 590           </refsect3>
 591         </listitem>
 592       </varlistentry>
 593
 594       <varlistentry>
 595         <term>
 596           <command>set</command>
 597           <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 598           <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>ATTRIBUTE</replaceable></arg>
 599           <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></arg>
 600         </term>
 601         <listitem>
 602           <para>Allows to set a file attribute on a file.</para>
 603           <para>File attributes can be specified with their GIO name, e.g
 604             standard::icon. Note that not all GIO file attributes are writable.
 605             Use the --query-writable option of the info command to list
 606             writable file attributes.</para>
 607           <para>If the <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable> is unset,
 608             <replaceable>VALUE</replaceable> does not have to be specified.
 609             If the type is stringv, multiple values can be given.</para>
 610           <refsect3>
 611             <title>Options</title>
 612             <variablelist>
 613               <varlistentry>
 614                 <term><option>-t</option>, <option>--type=<replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></option></term>
 615                 <listitem><para>Specifies the type of the attribute. Supported
 616                   types are string, stringv, bytestring, boolean, uint32, int32,
 617                   uint64, int64 and unset.</para>
 618                   <para>If the type is not specified, string is assumed.</para>
 619                 </listitem>
 620               </varlistentry>
 621               <varlistentry>
 622                 <term><option>-n</option>, <option>--nofollow-symlinks</option></term>
 623                 <listitem><para>Don't follow symbolic links.</para></listitem>
 624               </varlistentry>
 625             </variablelist>
 626           </refsect3>
 627         </listitem>
 628       </varlistentry>
 629
 630       <varlistentry>
 631         <term>
 632           <command>trash</command>
 633           <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
 634           <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 635         </term>
 636         <listitem>
 637           <para>Sends files or directories to the "Trashcan". This can be a
 638             different folder depending on where the file is located, and not
 639             all file systems support this concept. In the common case that the
 640             file lives inside a users home directory, the trash folder is
 641             <filename><envar>$XDG_DATA_HOME</envar>/Trash</filename>.</para>
 642           <para>Note that moving files to the trash does not free up space on
 643             the file system until the "Trashcan" is emptied. If you are interested
 644             in deleting a file irreversibly, see the remove command.</para>
 645           <para>Inspecting and emptying the "Trashcan" is normally supported by
 646             graphical file managers such as nautilus, but you can also see the
 647             trash with the command: gio list trash://.</para>
 648           <refsect3>
 649             <title>Options</title>
 650             <variablelist>
 651               <varlistentry>
 652                 <term><option>-f</option>, <option>--force</option></term>
 653                 <listitem><para>Ignore non-existent and non-deletable files.</para></listitem>
 654               </varlistentry>
 655               <varlistentry>
 656                 <term><option>--empty</option></term>
 657                 <listitem><para>Empty the trash.</para></listitem>
 658               </varlistentry>
 659             </variablelist>
 660           </refsect3>
 661         </listitem>
 662       </varlistentry>
 663
 664       <varlistentry>
 665         <term>
 666           <command>tree</command>
 667           <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></arg>
 668           <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></arg>
 669         </term>
 670         <listitem>
 671           <para>Lists the contents of the given locations recursively, in a
 672             tree-like format. If no location is given, it defaults to the current
 673             directory.</para>
 674           <para>The tree command is similar to the traditional tree utility.</para>
 675           <refsect3>
 676             <title>Options</title>
 677             <variablelist>
 678               <varlistentry>
 679                 <term><option>-h</option>, <option>--hidden</option></term>
 680                 <listitem><para>Show hidden files.</para></listitem>
 681               </varlistentry>
 682               <varlistentry>
 683                 <term><option>-l</option>, <option>--follow-symlinks</option></term>
 684                 <listitem><para>Follow symbolic links.</para></listitem>
 685               </varlistentry>
 686             </variablelist>
 687           </refsect3>
 688         </listitem>
 689       </varlistentry>
 690     </variablelist>
 691   </refsect1>
 692
 693   <refsect1>
 694     <title>Exit status</title>
 695     <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.</para>
 696   </refsect1>
 697
 698   <refsect1>
 699     <title>See Also</title>
 700     <para>
 701       <citerefentry>
 702         <refentrytitle>cat</refentrytitle>
 703         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 704       </citerefentry>,
 705       <citerefentry>
 706         <refentrytitle>cp</refentrytitle>
 707         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 708       </citerefentry>,
 709       <citerefentry>
 710         <refentrytitle>ls</refentrytitle>
 711         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 712       </citerefentry>,
 713       <citerefentry>
 714         <refentrytitle>mkdir</refentrytitle>
 715         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 716       </citerefentry>,
 717       <citerefentry>
 718         <refentrytitle>mv</refentrytitle>
 719         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 720       </citerefentry>,
 721       <citerefentry>
 722         <refentrytitle>rm</refentrytitle>
 723         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 724       </citerefentry>,
 725       <citerefentry>
 726         <refentrytitle>tree</refentrytitle>
 727         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 728       </citerefentry>.
 729     </para>
 730   </refsect1>
 731 </refentry>