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If I create a bookmark with Nautilus, its location is stored on ~/.gtk-bookmarks, but not its name.

I've created a test bookmark named weirdy, and tried to do a grep on my home for that name, and I found nothing.

Where does Nautilus store bookmark names?

Zanna
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Jorge Suárez de Lis
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They are stored in the ~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks file

In older versions of Ubuntu they are stored in the ~/.gtk-bookmarks file.

The format is:

file:///path/to/folder Bookmark_name

You can also specify other location protocols such as SFTP, FTP, or SMB:

sftp://username@hostname/path/to/folder Bookmark_name
slhck
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Frantique
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A GUI method is to open a document from an application such as LibreOffice. Do a Save As and when the window opens, drag the folder into the left column.

I haven't a clue as to why the Preference gear was removed from Nautilus, but it should be restored IMHO.

Christopher
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