https://github.com/vi/execfuse

Turn a bunch of scripts into a FUSE filesystem
https://github.com/vi/execfuse

bash fuse fuse-filesystem shell-scripts

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Turn a bunch of scripts into a FUSE filesystem

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/vi/execfuse
• Owner: vi
• License: other
• Created: 2013-07-13T02:14:16.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-15T19:53:49.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-16T13:01:16.706Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: bash, fuse, fuse-filesystem, shell-scripts
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 64.5 KB
• Stars: 29
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 11
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
execfuse is a implement FUSE filesystems using a bunch of scripts.

Consider it as a "shell FUSE binding".

For each FUSE call (except of ones that deals with file descriptors)

execfuse calls your script. For opening files it provides a bit higher

level abstraction: "read_file" script is called when file should be read

and "write_file" is called when file should be saved.

Example:

    $ mkdir -p m

    $ ./execfuse examples/xmp m

    $ ls -l m/bin/sh

    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mar 26 00:26 m/bin/sh -> bash

    (executes "examples/xmp/readlink /bin/bash" for this)

    $ ls m/etc/iproute2/

    ematch_map  group  rt_dsfield  rt_protos  rt_realms  rt_scopes	rt_tables

    (executes "exampels/xmp/readdir /etc/iproute" for this)

    $ m/bin/echo qqq

    qqq

    $ mkdir -p m/tmp/1/2/3

    $ echo 12345 > m/tmp/12345

    (executes "exampels/xmp/write_file /tmp/12345" with content piped to stdin)

    $ rm -Rf m/tmp/1*

    $ fusermount -u m

Limitations:

* Each file must fit in memory, can't write/read part of file

* Slow by design

* Limited error handling, especially for writing files

* Modifications to files are visible only after file closing

Filesystem examples:

* `examples/xmp` - try to be fusexmp_fh

* `examples/hello` - very simple demo filesystem

* `examples/video_frames` - extract frames from video as `*.ppm` files and enumerate keyframes (using ffmpeg)