[ITP] cygfuse
Marco Atzeri
marco.atzeri@gmail.com
Thu Mar 10 20:53:34 GMT 2022
On 10.03.2022 07:16, Mark Geisert wrote:
> This is a Cygwin version of libfuse{,3} that can be found in various
> Linux distributions. It is a couple of link libraries and additions to
> /usr/include to allow porting of FUSE apps. FUSE: File System In User
> Space. I will shortly be providing an sshfs FUSE app, to be covered by
> a separate ITP.
>
> Importantly, cygfuse depends on an underlying Windows FUSE
> implementation: WinFSP. In fact the Cygwin library code was provided by
> the author of WinFSP. I'm just providing a bona-fide Cygwin package for
> the code.
>
> WinFSP, and thus cygfuse, is made available under GPLv3 for Free/Libre
> and Open Source Software or under a commercial license.
>
> If another Windows FUSE provider shows interest in supporting Cygwin, I
> suspect it could be supported with alternatives(8).
>
> The initial project files for review are located at:
> http://maxrnd.com/~mark/cygwin/cygfuse/cygfuse.cygport
> http://maxrnd.com/~mark/cygwin/cygfuse/cygfuse-3.2.0-1-src.tar.xz
> http://maxrnd.com/~mark/cygwin/cygfuse/cygfuse-3.2.0-1.src.patch
>
> Thanks for reading and for any feedback you might have,
>
> ..mark
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Thanks
Marco
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