convmvfs(1) utility that mirrors a whole filesystem tree from one charset to another.

SYNOPSIS

convmvfs mountpoint [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the convmvfs command.

convmvfs is a FUSE (File System in Userspace) utility that transparently mirrors a filesystem tree converting the filenames from one charset to another on the fly. Only the names of files and directories are converted, the file content remains intact. The mirrored tree is mounted at the given mountpoint.

OPTIONS

General options

-o opt[,opt...]
mount options
-h, --help
print help
-V, --version
print version
-h, --help
show summary of options

FUSE options

-d, -o debug
enable debug output (implies -f)
-f
foreground operation
-s
disable multi-threaded operation
-o
Mount options are specified with a -o flag followed by a comma separated list of options. The following options are recognized:
allow_other
allow access to other users
allow_root
allow access to root
nonempty
allow mounts over non-empty file/dir
default_permissions
enable permission checking by kernel
fsname=NAME
set filesystem name
large_read
issue large read requests (2.4 only)
max_read=N
set maximum size of read requests
hard_remove
immediate removal (don't hide files)
use_ino
let filesystem set inode numbers
readdir_ino
try to fill in d_ino in readdir
direct_io
use direct I/O
kernel_cache
cache files in kernel
umask=M
set file permissions (octal)
uid=N
set file owner
gid=N
set file group
entry_timeout=T
cache timeout for names (1.0s)
negative_timeout=T
cache timeout for deleted names (0.0s)
attr_timeout=T
cache timeout for attributes (1.0s)
srcdir=PATH
which directory to convert
icharset=CHARSET
charset used in srcdir
ocharset=CHARSET
charset used in mounted filesystem

NOTES

If you use a normal user account to mount the file system be sure to have r/w permissions to /dev/fuse.

Use iconv --list to see which charsets are supported.

To allow other users to access the mount point use allow_other option.

IMPORTANT: if the mount point and srcdir point at the same directory, readdir call will enter a dead loop. BE SURE TO AVOID THIS SITUATION!

SAMPLE USE

to mount:
$ convmvfs /ftp/pub_gbk -o srcdir=/ftp/pub,icharset=utf8,ocharset=gbk

to unmount:
$ fusermount -u /ftp/pub_gbk

AUTHOR

convmvfs was written by Z.C. Miao <[email protected]>.

This manual page was written by Stanislav Maslovski <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).