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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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  • Nautilus from Ubuntu 12.04 is not storing the names in there. However, that will work for storing new bookmarks, just what I needed! Thanks! – Jorge Suárez de Lis Sep 25 '12 at 15:02
  • Note: some characters are urlencoded in the location name (#, space, ¤, ×, etc.) some are not (+, :, !, (, ), etc.). It's not a good idea to use these in path names, but the distinction is quite curious. – masu Oct 26 '16 at 09:50
  • Works for me in 14.04. – Martin Pecka Jan 11 '17 at 10:28
  • The path is same: ~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks as Frantique stated, in Ubuntu 18.04 as well. – Doi Jun 26 '20 at 06:46
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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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