AVFS: A Virtual Filesystem

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AVFS is a system, which enables all programs to look inside gzip, tar, zip, etc. files or view remote (ftp, http, dav, etc.) files, without recompiling the programs.

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jzoltan Edited 2020-10-25

Hello Developers, Many many thanks for this great tool! It is simply super! 5 star! __Maybe this is not the right place for some code-related feedback, but I have not found other place. I had two tiny issues during compilation, maybe because I used an old system (CentOS 6). I used the following workarounds: __1) I added the following line to the beginning of include/avfs.h: #include <time.h> __2) Then I run: LIBS=-lrt ./configure __Without 1) compilation (when running make) stops with:__ ../lib/.libs/libavfs_static.a(filecache.o): In function `filecache_insert': avfs-1.1.3/src/filecache.c:57: undefined reference to `clock_gettime' ../lib/.libs/libavfs_static.a(filecache.o): In function `filecache_check_limits': avfs-1.1.3/src/filecache.c:77: undefined reference to `clock_gettime' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [runtest] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `avfs-1.1.3/test' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 __Without 2) it stops with error message:__ ../lib/.libs/libavfs_static.a(filecache.o): In function `filecache_insert': avfs-1.1.3/src/filecache.c:57: undefined reference to `clock_gettime' ../lib/.libs/libavfs_static.a(filecache.o): In function `filecache_check_limits': avfs-1.1.3/src/filecache.c:77: undefined reference to `clock_gettime' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [runtest] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `avfs-1.1.3/test' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 __You may decide if it is worth adding anything to the code so that compilation works on old systems as well. Thanks again and best wishes, __Zoltan
mbrinson Edited 2014-09-20

I love this project! Super useful and intuitive. If you have a GUI to work in, I guess you might not find a use for it, but when you're working command line, this tool is awesome to have! UPDATE: I've just tried installing this on CentOS (Man, I hate CentOS) and was not successful. I tried the fuse install and the regular library install. Neither successful. Has anyone gotten this working under CentOS 6.5?

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josephsmith1563 Posted 2012-09-15

Thank you so much for AVF. It is a big help for my storage needs.

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FreeBSD, Linux, Mac, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris

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English

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Developers, End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Non-interactive (Daemon)

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C File Systems

Registered

2001-02-28

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