2007/1/18, Benedikt Meurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Thunar-dev mailing list > Thunar-dev@xfce.org > http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev > _______________________________________________ Thunar-dev mailing list Thunar-dev@xfce.org http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev