---
name: "afuse"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "afuse"
version: "0.5.0-0.1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/afuse"
---

# afuse(1)

automounting file system implemented in user-space using FUSE

## NAME

AFUSE - automounting file system implemented in user-space using FUSE

## DESCRIPTION

usage: afuse mountpoint \[options\]

### general options:

- **-o** opt,\[opt...\]

  mount options

- **-h** **--help**

  print help

- **-V** **--version**

  print FUSE version information

### AFUSE options:

- **-o** **mount\_template=CMD**

  template for CMD to execute to mount (\*)

- **-o** **unmount\_template=CMD**

  template for CMD to execute to unmount (\*) (\*\*)

- (\*) - When executed, %r and %m are expanded in templates to the root

  directory name for the new mount point, and the actual directory to mount onto respectively to mount onto. Both templates are REQUIRED.

- (\*\*)- The unmount command must perform a lazy unmount operation. E.g. the

  \-u -z options to fusermount, or -l for regular mount.

### FUSE options:

- **-d** **-o** debug

  enable debug output (implies **-f**)

- **-f**

  foreground operation

- **-s**

  disable multi-threaded operation

- **-o** allow\_other

  allow access to other users

- **-o** allow\_root

  allow access to root

- **-o** nonempty

  allow mounts over non-empty file/dir

**-o** default\_permissions enable permission checking by kernel

- **-o** fsname=NAME

  set filesystem name

- **-o** large\_read

  issue large read requests (2.4 only)

- **-o** max\_read=N

  set maximum size of read requests

- **-o** hard\_remove

  immediate removal (don't hide files)

- **-o** use\_ino

  let filesystem set inode numbers

- **-o** readdir\_ino

  try to fill in d\_ino in readdir

- **-o** direct\_io

  use direct I/O

- **-o** kernel\_cache

  cache files in kernel

- **-o** umask=M

  set file permissions (octal)

- **-o** uid=N

  set file owner

- **-o** gid=N

  set file group

- **-o** entry\_timeout=T

  cache timeout for names (1.0s)

- **-o** negative\_timeout=T

  cache timeout for deleted names (0.0s)

- **-o** attr\_timeout=T

  cache timeout for attributes (1.0s)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Varun Hiremath \<varunhiremath@gmail.com\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).