Support copy file operation. about gvfs HOT 3 CLOSED

Copying or moving files between locations on the device requires explicit support in the MTP implementation on the device, bit none of them actually support these operations in practice. The only thing you can do is copy the file to your PC and copy it back. Sorry.

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I understand that. But i had been tested my device on windows.
It is available on window, even copy file to same directory works.
But in ubuntu 12.04 and your ppa's backend, It says 'It's not supported operation at backend'.
I can't know what is a problem...

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There's no magic going on. Some code on windows is copying the file to the PC and then copying it back. It does this under the covers, but it's still happening.

Architecturally, for the gvfs case, the right place to do this copying is in the file manager (Nautilus, etc) as it's the only part of the system that knows exactly what's going on. Doing the work there also avoids duplication in individual backends.

With all that said, I'm currently working on adding support for some android MTP extensions that allow for normal read/write operations on files, which would allow this kind of operation to work without any changes in Nautilus - assuming you have an android phone running Google's MTP stack (eg: not a Samsung). That may or may not help you.

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