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====== Thunar - Using gfvs metadata ======
   gio info -a 'metadata::*' $HOME


   $ touch /tmp/myfile
   $ gio info -a 'metadata::*' /tmp/myfile
      attributes:
   $ gio set attribute -t string /tmp/myfile 'metadata::mynote' 'Please remember to delete this file!'
   $ gio info -a 'metadata::*' /tmp/myfile
      attributes:
         metadata::mynote: Please remember to delete this file!
   $ gio move /tmp/myfile /tmp/newfile
   $ gio info -a 'metadata::*' /tmp/newfile
      attributes:
         metadata::mynote: Please remember to delete this file!
  
(Info from [[https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/desktop_migration_and_administration_guide/using-gvfs-metadata|Redhat]])


Check used emblems of a file:

   $ gio info 22 | grep emblem
   metadata::emblems: [emblem-favorite-symbolic.symbolic, emblem-generic]

Set some other emblems:

   $ gio set 22 metadata::emblems --type=stringv emblem-debian emblem-default

Note that it is required to refresh the folder to see the changes

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