Changes between Version 60 and Version 61 of FAQ


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2012-01-23T05:48:07Z (12 years ago)
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zooko
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Q: FUSE? A: YES!

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    154154Literal caps are supported for immutable files and immutable directories (see [wiki:Capabilities the Capabilities wiki page]). Whenever the contents of the file or directory are small enough that it would be more efficient to fit the contents into the cap itself than the store the contents remotely and use the cap to fetch it, then it becomes a literal cap.
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     156'''[=#Q23_FUSE Q23:] Can I access files stored in Tahoe-LAFS via FUSE?'''
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     159Yes. Tahoe-LAFS comes with an [source:docs/frontends/FTP-and-SFTP.rst SFTP server]. If you point [http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html sshfs] at the SFTP server then you have access to Tahoe-LAFS through FUSE. Alternately, [https://code.google.com/p/pyfilesystem/ pyfilesystem] interfaces directly with Tahoe-LAFS through the latter's [source:docs/frontends/webapi.rst WAPI] and provides both FUSE and Microsoft Windows filesystem access. See #1353 for discussion of possible improvements to FUSE integration. See [http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/freedombox-discuss/2011-November/003162.html Zooko's post to freedombox-discuss] and [https://plus.google.com/108313527900507320366/posts/ZrgdgLhV3NG Zooko's post to Google+] for Zooko's ramblings about the advisability of using FUSE for distributed filesystems in general and Tahoe-LAFS in particular.