[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       fuse-devel
Subject:    Re: [fuse-devel] Building user-level file system to directly use the block device
From:       Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus () rath ! org>
Date:       2023-10-25 9:05:00
Message-ID: 87il6vrs1v.fsf () vostro ! rath ! org
[Download RAW message or body]

On Oct 18 2023, "Mahmud, Tabassum [E CPE]" <tmahmud@iastate.edu> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I want to use the libfuse to create a user-space file system which doesn't use the
> underlying file system to read or write to the hard disk. I have read documentation and
> papers which uses the file system type "fuse" that uses the underlying file system with
> some added overhead.

That's a misunderstanding. The "fuse" file system type does not require
an underlying filesystem. See
e.g. https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/blob/master/example/hello_ll.c
or https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/blob/master/example/hello.c

Best,
-Nikolaus


-- 
fuse-devel mailing list
To unsubscribe or subscribe, visit https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fuse-devel
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]