Timo's workaround is just what I was looking for. I wouldn't use /tmp/.gvfs-$USER though since that's a predictable location. On a machine where lots of people log in to it someone could maliciously pre- create such directories for other users resulting in at best denial of service and at worst them being able to access other people's files. I'd use mktemp
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