sxfs1

Usage

Overview

sxfs can mount SX volumes as local filesystems. It is based on FUSE and allows for interacting with remote files just as if they were local files on the computer.

Options

-h, --help

Print help and exit

--full-help

Print help, including hidden options, and exit

-V, --version

Print version and exit

-t, --tempdir=PATH

Set directory for temporary files created by sxfs. By default sxfs will create a temporary directory /var/tmp/sxfs-*.

-R, --recovery-dir=PATH

On exit, sxfs will move to the recovery directory all files, which could not be uploaded to the remote volume. By default, it will create a recovery directory /var/tmp/sxfs-*-lost.

-l, --logfile=PATH

Enable logging to the specified file.

-o, --mount-options=OPT

Mount options; see below for the list of available options.

-q, --use-queues

This option enables the use of queues for upload and delete operations. By default sxfs will wait for each operation and report the result to the application performing the action (eg. cp). When this option is enabled, all operations will be queued and performed in the background. This improves the interaction with the mounted volume, however errors might not be reported back to the application. It is highly recommended to use this option together with --logfile and monitor the logfile for possible issues.

-f, --foreground

Run in the foreground.

-D, --debug

Enable debug messages.

-v, --verbose

Log more information about read/write operations. This option automatically enables --debug.

--sx-debug

Enable debug messages from the SX library.

--open-limit=INT

Set the limit for the number of open files (default: 1024).

--fuse-help

Show FUSE help.

--fuse-version

Show FUSE version.

-s, --fuse-single-threaded

Disable multi-threaded operation of FUSE (used for debugging purposes).

--fuse-debug

Run FUSE in debug mode.

-c, --config-dir=PATH

Path to the SX configuration directory (default: ~/.sx)

-f, --filter-dir=PATH

Path to the SX filter directory (default: /usr/lib/sxclient)

Options

rw

Mount filesystem in read/write mode (default)

ro

Mount filesystem in read-only mode

use_queues

See --use-queues

logfile=PATH

See --logfile

tempdir=PATH

See --tempdir

recovery_dir=PATH

See --recovery-dir

debug

Enable debug output

allow_other

Allow access to other users

allow_root

Allow access to root

auto_unmount

Auto unmount on process termination

default_permissions

Enable permission checking by kernel

large_read

Issue large read requests

big_writes

Enable larger than 4kB writes

direct_io

Use direct I/O

async_read

Perform reads asynchronously (default)

sync_read

Perform reads synchronously

atomic_o_trunc

Enable atomic open+truncate support

fsname=NAME

Set filesystem name

subtype=TYPE

Set filesystem type

max_read=SIZE

Set maximum size of read requests

max_write=SIZE

Set maximum size of write requests

max_readahead=SIZE

Set maximum size of readahead

umask=MODE

Set default umask mode

uid=UID

Set file owner

gid=GID

Set file group

modules=MOD1[:MOD2...]

Names of modules to push onto filesystem stack

negative_timeout=TIME

Cache timeout for deleted names (0.0s)

attr_timeout=TIME

Cache timeout for attributes (1.0s)

entry_timeout=TIME

Cache timeout for names (1.0s)

max_background=NUMBER

Set number of maximum background requests

subdir=DIRNAME

Prepend DIRNAME to all paths

Examples

To mount the remote volume 'movies' with default options run:
sxfs sx://jeff@cluster/movies /home/jeff/movies

To unmount the locally mounted volume run: fusermount -u /home/jeff/movies