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Mono.Fuse 0.4.1

Now with MacFUSE support!

Mono.Fuse is a C# binding for FUSE. This is a minor update over the previous Mono.Fuse 0.4.0 release.

The highlight for this release is cursory MacFUSE support, which allows Mono.Fuse to work on Mac OS X. Unfortunately, it's not complete support, and I would appreciate any assistance in fixing the known issues (details below).

Mac OS X HOWTO

To use Mono.Fuse on Mac OS X, do the following:

1. Download and install Mono 1.2.3.1 or later. Other releases can be found at the Mono Project Downloads Page.
2. Download and install MacFUSE 0.2.4 or later. Other releases can be found at the macfuse download page.
3. Download, extract, and configure Mono.Fuse 0.4.1:
   1. curl www.jprl.com/Projects/mono-fuse/mono-fuse-0.4.1.tar.gz > mono-fuse-0.4.1.tar.gz
   2. tar xzf mono-fuse-0.4.1.tar.gz
   3. cd mono-fuse-0.4.1.tar.gz
   4. PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig CFLAGS="-D__FreeBSD__=10 -O -g" ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/install-root
      • Note: PKG_CONFIG_PATH is needed so that fuse.pc will be found by pkg-config.
      • Note: CFLAGS is used as per the macfuse FAQ.
      • Note: You can choose any other --prefix you want.
   5. make
4. Once Mono.Fuse has been built, you can run the sample programs as described in the README:
   1. cd example/HelloFS/
   2. mkdir t
   3. ./hellofs t &
   4. ls t
   5. cat t/hello

Known Issues

HelloFS works, but RedirectFS and RedirectFS-FH do not. Trying to execute them results in a SIGILL within Mono.Unix.Native.Syscall.pread when trying to read a file:

1. cd example/RedirectFS
2. mkdir t
3. MONO_TRACE_LISTENER=Console.Out:+++ ./redirectfs t ~/ &
   • Note: MONO_TRACE_LISTENER set so that exception messages from Mono.Fuse.FileSystem will be printed to stdout. See the mono(1) man page for more information about MONO_TRACE_LISTENER.
4. ls t        # works
5. cat t/some-file-that-exists
   • Generates a SIGILL.

I would appreciate any assistance in fixing this issue.

Download

Mono.Fuse 0.4.1 is available from http://www.jprl.com/Projects/mono-fuse/mono-fuse-0.4.1.tar.gz. It can built with Mono 1.1.13 and later. Apple Mac OS X support has only been tested with Mono 1.2.3.1.

GIT Repository

The GIT repository for Mono.Fuse is at http://www.jprl.com/Projects/mono-fuse.git.

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