AppFS: Update of "Manual"

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Artifact ID:	657e169f1ea74e6d2d911631774891520370196e
Page Name:	Manual
Date:	2014-12-29 04:31:46
Original User:	rkeene
Parent:	e1c93024a9f90fa77d4c81fbaeac5631dd9a70e0 (diff)
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NAME

appfsd, mount.appfs - AppFS FUSE Daemon

SYNOPSIS

appfsd [-dfsh]

-o option[,...] cachedir mount_point
mount.appfs [-dfsh] -o option[,...] cachedir mount_point

DESCRIPTION

AppFS is a FUSE-based filesystem to present a manifest-based package format from remote servers to the local system. It works over HTTP (by default, at least). Remote sites are identified at the top-level of the mounted directory and all sites are verified by PKI signature.

AppFS is started with the appfsd daemon, which may also be named mount.appfs.

OPTIONS

-d: Enable FUSE debug mode.
-f: Run AppFS daemon in the foreground.
-s: Enable single threaded mode. This will significantly reduce performance and responsiveness.
-h: Request usage help.
-o nothreads: Enable single threaded mode. This will significantly reduce performance and responsiveness. This is the same as the "-s" option, provided for use in an /etc/fstab option.
-o allow_other: Allow other users to access this mountpoint (this is the default if the user running appfsd is root).
cachedir: Path to a directory to store cache database and read configuration file from. A suggested value for this for a system-wide appfsd is /var/cache/appfs.
mount_point: Path to mount AppFS onto in the filesystem. This should almost always be /opt/appfs.

FILES

cachedir/config: Configuration file for this instance of AppFS. This should be a valid Tcl(n) script. The configuration file can be modified at run-time and appfsd reloaded by sending it a SIGHUP.
cachedir/cache.db: SQLite3 database used for maintaining metadata for the cache directory.

EXAMPLES

The most recommended method of running AppFS (directly):


# mkdir /opt/appfs
# appfsd /var/cache/appfs /opt/appfs

Create an /etc/fstab entry: