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[greatide]

Hi Matt,

I really like the idea behind Indexfs, so congrats to start with.

Also I am trying to setup but I am confused about some of the things.

1. Is index file and config file the same file?

2. In c code header you showing a file format. Is this the format we need to have the index file in? /path/to/file is the path on Fuse or path to index file?

• Index file layout:
  /path/to/file https://url/to/file
  /path/to/other https://url/to/other
  */

3. I saw you mentioned index format such as D Directory name and F File name, is it correct to supply an index for example as below? I have tried it and I wasn't getting any file created in Fuse mount, thought to contact you.

D Datapoint https://user:pass@v.domain.com/rootfolder
F Test.file https://user:pass@v.domain.com/rootfolder?/folder1/folder2

Many thanks for your help and info,

Cheerst... Steve

[majenkotech]

Oh wow! Someone's actually using it! :)

Yes, the config file and the index file are one and the same thing. There is only one file.

All lines in the file must start with either D<tab> or F<tab>. A file must have a corresponding D<tab> entry first for it to reside in - D entries are used to build the tree structure, and F entries used to populate that structure.

The only directory you don't need to make is /.

All fuse paths should be absolute. So your last example would be:

D       /Datapoint
F       /Test.file        https://user:pass@v.domain.com/rootfolder?/folder1/folder2

That would give you an empty directory /where/you/mounted/Datapoint and a single file /where/you/mounted/Test.file

If you wanted the test file in Datapoint you would:

D       /Datapoint
F       /Datapoint/Test.file         https://user:pass@v.domain.com/rootfolder?/folder1/folder2

Of course this all relies on the file's URL giving a simple plain file download and not some strange HTML page with redirectors and such. That sort of thing should be banned globally if you ask me.

You can see it all in action live on my ftp server: ftp://majenko.co.uk including the config file.

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BTW, I've fixed the source comment to be in line with reality once more. That comment was from a previous iteration before I implemented directories as a distinct type.