source: baculafs/trunk/README.txt@ 1150

Last change on this file since 1150 was 1150, checked in by joergs, on May 22, 2013 at 12:54:32 PM

use Bareos naming instead of Bacula

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1bareos-fuse
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3a python-fuse based virtual filesystem for recovery
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5current status: prototype/proof of concept
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7to demonstrate access to backuped files information
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9* What is working?
10- Bareos (or Bacula) restore filesets can be mounted and accessed
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12* What is not working?
13- only readdir and stat. No reading or opening of files
14- currently, only most recent backup for a client is implemented.
15 Change the selection nummers in the source code to change this
16- relies on cached information. Cached is filled by readdir.
17 If you want to access a subdirectory, make sure, you have read the upper directories before
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19* Prerequisites:
20- bconsole must be installed and configured
21- python-fuse must be installed
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23* Usage:
24./bareos-fuse.py /mnt
25ls -la /mnt
26ls -la /mnt/usr
27...
28fusermount -u /mnt
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30
31For debugging purposes, better use
32./baculafs.py -f -s -d /mnt
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34Also take a look at the log files /tmp/bareos-fuse.log and /tmp/bareos-fuse-bconsole.log
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