fjfs (file-join-fs a.k.a. fudge-fs) =================================== fjfs is FUSE module that implements virtual joining of multiple files as one. License ======= fjfs is released under BSD license. Dependencies ============ fjfs depends on libfuse - http://fuse.sourceforge.net/ Documentation ============= fjfs is controlled using command line parameters. Usage: fjfs [file-list-options] [options] mount-point-file file-list Note: file-list depends on the options described bellow. File list options: -f --file | file-list is text file containing list of files (default). -g --glob | file-list is glob (*, ?, dir/file*). -a --args | file-list is N filenames (file1 file2 fileX). Other options: -o --allow-other | Mount FUSE with allow_other option. This allows other users . to access the mounted fjfs instance. /etc/fuse.conf must . contain "user_allow_other" in order for this option to work. Development =========== The development is tracked using git. The repository is hosted at github at http://github.com/gfto/fjfs Installation ============ Clone git repository and then run "make". git clone git://github.com/gfto/fjfs.git make make install Quick start =========== Install fjfs with "make install". To use it: 1. Install the FUSE module sudo modprobe fuse 2. Create the list of files to join echo /etc/group >> filelist.txt echo /etc/issue >> filelist.txt echo /etc/passwd >> filelist.txt 3. Mount fjfs fjfs joined.txt filelist.txt 4. Check the result with cat joined.txt You will see the contents of all the files listed in filelist.txt 5. Unmount the fs fusermount -u joined.txt && rm joined.txt More examples ============= Join files listed in filelist.txt as test-mount.txt fjfs test-mount.txt filelist.txt Join files named testfile*.txt as test-mount.txt fjfs --glob test-mount.txt 'testfile*.txt' Join files named testfileX.txt testfileY.txt testfileZ.txt as test-mount.txt fjfs --args test-mount.txt testfileX.txt testfileY.txt testfileZ.txt Releases ======== Official releases can be downloaded from fjfs home page which is http://georgi.unixsol.org/programs/fjfs/ Contact ======= For patches, bug reports, complaints and so on send e-mail to Georgi Chorbadzhiyski