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- **config**: Path to a config file. Same arguments as below in |
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key=val / ini style format. |
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- **branches**: Colon delimited list of branches. |
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- **minfreespace=SIZE**: The minimum space value used for creation |
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policies. Can be overridden by branch specific option. Understands |
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'K', 'M', and 'G' to represent kilobyte, megabyte, and gigabyte |
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respectively. (default: 4G) |
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- **[branches](branches.md)**: Colon delimited list of branches. Used |
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primarily in config file. |
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- **minfreespace=SIZE**: The minimum available space of a branch |
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necessary to be considered for a create |
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[policy](functions_categories_policies.md). This is a default value |
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applied to all branches and can be overwritten when configuring |
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[branches](branches.md). Understands 'K', 'M', and 'G' to represent |
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kilobyte, megabyte, and gigabyte respectively. (default: 4G) |
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- **moveonenospc=BOOL|POLICY**: When enabled if a **write** fails with |
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**ENOSPC** (no space left on device) or **EDQUOT** (disk quota |
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exceeded) the policy selected will run to find a new location for |
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the file. An attempt to move the file to that branch will occur |
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(keeping all metadata possible) and if successful the original is |
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unlinked and the write retried. (default: false, true = mfs) |
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- **inodecalc=passthrough|path-hash|devino-hash|hybrid-hash**: Selects |
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the inode calculation algorithm. (default: hybrid-hash) |
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- **[inodecalc](inodecalc.md)=passthrough|path-hash|devino-hash|hybrid-hash**: |
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Selects the inode calculation algorithm. (default: hybrid-hash) |
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- **dropcacheonclose=BOOL**: When a file is requested to be closed |
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call `posix_fadvise` on it first to instruct the kernel that we no |
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longer need the data and it can drop its cache. Recommended when |
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shared mmap support. mergerfs will enable this feature if available |
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but an option is provided to turn it off for testing and debugging |
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purposes. (default: true) |
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- **symlinkify=BOOL**: When enabled and a file is not writable and its |
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mtime or ctime is older than **symlinkify_timeout** files will be |
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reported as symlinks to the original files. Please read more below |
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before using. (default: false) |
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- **symlinkify_timeout=UINT**: Time to wait, in seconds, to activate |
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the **symlinkify** behavior. (default: 3600) |
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- **[symlinkify](symlinkify.md)=BOOL**: When enabled and a file is not |
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writable and its mtime or ctime is older than **symlinkify_timeout** |
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files will be reported as symlinks to the original files. Please |
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read more below before using. (default: false) |
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- **[symlinkify_timeout](symlinkify.md)=UINT**: Time to wait, in |
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seconds, to activate the **symlinkify** behavior. (default: 3600) |
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- **nullrw=BOOL**: Turns reads and writes into no-ops. The request |
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will succeed but do nothing. Useful for benchmarking |
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mergerfs. (default: false) |
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link to always use the non-path preserving behavior. This means |
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files, when renamed or linked, will stay on the same |
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filesystem. (default: false) |
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- **export-support=BOOL**: Sets a low-level FUSE feature intended to |
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indicate the filesystem can support being exported via |
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NFS. (default: true) |
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- **[export-support](export-support.md)=BOOL**: Sets a low-level FUSE |
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feature intended to indicate the filesystem can support being |
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exported via NFS. (default: true) |
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- **security_capability=BOOL**: If false return ENOATTR when xattr |
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security.capability is queried. (default: true) |
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- **xattr=passthrough|noattr|nosys**: Runtime control of |
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- **[xattr](xattr.md)=passthrough|noattr|nosys**: Runtime control of |
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xattrs. Default is to passthrough xattr requests. 'noattr' will |
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short circuit as if nothing exists. 'nosys' will respond with ENOSYS |
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as if xattrs are not supported or disabled. (default: passthrough) |
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- **link_cow=BOOL**: When enabled if a regular file is opened which |
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has a link count > 1 it will copy the file to a temporary file and |
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rename over the original. Breaking the link and providing a basic |
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copy-on-write function similar to cow-shell. (default: false) |
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- **statfs=base|full**: Controls how statfs works. 'base' means it |
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will always use all branches in statfs calculations. 'full' is in |
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effect path preserving and only includes branches where the path |
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exists. (default: base) |
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- **[link_cow](link_cow.md)=BOOL**: When enabled if a regular file is |
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opened which has a link count > 1 it will copy the file to a |
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temporary file and rename over the original. Breaking the link and |
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providing a basic copy-on-write function similar to |
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cow-shell. (default: false) |
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- **[statfs](statfs.md)=base|full**: Controls how statfs works. 'base' |
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means it will always use all branches in statfs calculations. 'full' |
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is in effect path preserving and only includes branches where the |
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path exists. (default: base) |
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- **statfs_ignore=none|ro|nc**: 'ro' will cause statfs calculations to |
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ignore available space for branches mounted or tagged as 'read-only' |
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or 'no create'. 'nc' will ignore available space for branches tagged |
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- **branches-mount-timeout=UINT**: Number of seconds to wait at |
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startup for branches to be a mount other than the mountpoint's |
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filesystem. (default: 0) |
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- **follow-symlinks=never|directory|regular|all**: Turns symlinks into |
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what they point to. (default: never) |
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- **link-exdev=passthrough|rel-symlink|abs-base-symlink|abs-pool-symlink**: |
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- **[follow-symlinks](follow-symlinks.md)=never|directory|regular|all**: |
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Turns symlinks into what they point to. (default: never) |
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- **[link-exdev](link-exdev.md)=passthrough|rel-symlink|abs-base-symlink|abs-pool-symlink**: |
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When a link fails with EXDEV optionally create a symlink to the file |
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instead. |
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- **rename-exdev=passthrough|rel-symlink|abs-symlink**: When a rename |
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fails with EXDEV optionally move the file to a special directory and |
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symlink to it. |
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- **readahead=UINT**: Set readahead (in kilobytes) for mergerfs and |
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branches if greater than 0. (default: 0) |
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- **[rename-exdev](rename-exdev.md)=passthrough|rel-symlink|abs-symlink**: |
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When a rename fails with EXDEV optionally move the file to a special |
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directory and symlink to it. |
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- **[readahead](readahead.md)=UINT**: Set readahead (in kilobytes) for |
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mergerfs and branches if greater than 0. (default: 0) |
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- **posix_acl=BOOL**: Enable POSIX ACL support (if supported by kernel |
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and underlying filesystem). (default: false) |
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- **async_read=BOOL**: Perform reads asynchronously. If disabled or |
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unavailable the kernel will ensure there is at most one pending read |
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request per file handle and will attempt to order requests by |
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offset. (default: true) |
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- **fuse_msg_size=UINT**: Set the max number of pages per FUSE |
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message. Only available on Linux >= 4.20 and ignored |
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- **[fuse_msg_size](fuse_msg_size.md)=UINT**: Set the max number of |
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pages per FUSE message. Only available on Linux >= 4.20 and ignored |
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otherwise. (min: 1; max: 256; default: 256) |
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- **threads=INT**: Number of threads to use. When used alone |
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(`process-thread-count=-1`) it sets the number of threads reading |
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and processing FUSE messages. When used together it sets the number |
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of threads reading from FUSE. When set to zero it will attempt to |
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discover and use the number of logical cores. If the thread count is |
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set negative it will look up the number of cores then divide by the |
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absolute value. ie. threads=-2 on an 8 core machine will result in 8 |
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/ 2 = 4 threads. There will always be at least 1 thread. If set to |
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-1 in combination with `process-thread-count` then it will try to |
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pick reasonable values based on CPU thread count. NOTE: higher |
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number of threads increases parallelism but usually decreases |
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throughput. (default: 0) |
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- **read-thread-count=INT**: Alias for `threads`. |
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- **process-thread-count=INT**: Enables separate thread pool to |
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asynchronously process FUSE requests. In this mode |
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- **[threads](threads.md)=INT**: Number of threads to use. When used |
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alone (`process-thread-count=-1`) it sets the number of threads |
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reading and processing FUSE messages. When used together it sets the |
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number of threads reading from FUSE. When set to zero it will |
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attempt to discover and use the number of logical cores. If the |
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thread count is set negative it will look up the number of cores |
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then divide by the absolute value. ie. threads=-2 on an 8 core |
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machine will result in 8 / 2 = 4 threads. There will always be at |
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least 1 thread. If set to -1 in combination with |
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`process-thread-count` then it will try to pick reasonable values |
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based on CPU thread count. NOTE: higher number of threads increases |
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parallelism but usually decreases throughput. (default: 0) |
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- **[read-thread-count](threads.md)=INT**: Alias for `threads`. |
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- **[process-thread-count](threads.md)=INT**: Enables separate thread |
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pool to asynchronously process FUSE requests. In this mode |
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`read-thread-count` refers to the number of threads reading FUSE |
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messages which are dispatched to process threads. -1 means disabled |
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otherwise acts like `read-thread-count`. (default: -1) |
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- **process-thread-queue-depth=UINT**: Sets the number of requests any |
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single process thread can have queued up at one time. Meaning the |
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total memory usage of the queues is queue depth multiplied by the |
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number of process threads plus read thread count. 0 sets the depth |
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to the same as the process thread count. (default: 0) |
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- **pin-threads=STR**: Selects a strategy to pin threads to CPUs |
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(default: unset) |
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- **flush-on-close=never|always|opened-for-write**: Flush data cache |
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on file close. Mostly for when writeback is enabled or merging |
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network filesystems. (default: opened-for-write) |
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- **[process-thread-queue-depth](threads.md)=UINT**: Sets the number |
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of requests any single process thread can have queued up at one |
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time. Meaning the total memory usage of the queues is queue depth |
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multiplied by the number of process threads plus read thread |
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count. 0 sets the depth to the same as the process thread |
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count. (default: 0) |
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- **[pin-threads](pin-threads.md)=STR**: Selects a strategy to pin |
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threads to CPUs (default: unset) |
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- **[flush-on-close](flush-on-close.md)=never|always|opened-for-write**: |
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Flush data cache on file close. Mostly for when writeback is enabled |
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or merging network filesystems. (default: opened-for-write) |
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- **scheduling-priority=INT**: Set mergerfs' scheduling |
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priority. Valid values range from -20 to 19. See `setpriority` man |
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page for more details. (default: -10) |
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- **fsname=STR**: Sets the name of the filesystem as seen in |
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**mount**, **df**, etc. Defaults to a list of the source paths |
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concatenated together with the longest common prefix removed. |
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- **func.FUNC=POLICY**: Sets the specific FUSE function's policy. See |
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below for the list of value types. Example: **func.getattr=newest** |
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- **func.readdir=seq|cosr|cor|cosr:INT|cor:INT**: Sets `readdir` |
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- **[func.FUNC](functions_categories_policies.md)=POLICY**: Sets the |
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specific FUSE function's policy. See below for the list of value |
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types. Example: **func.getattr=newest** |
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- **[func.readdir](func_readdir.md)=seq|cosr|cor|cosr:INT|cor:INT**: Sets `readdir` |
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policy. INT value sets the number of threads to use for |
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concurrency. (default: seq) |
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- **category.action=POLICY**: Sets policy of all FUSE functions in the |
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action category. (default: epall) |
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- **category.create=POLICY**: Sets policy of all FUSE functions in the |
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create category. (default: epmfs) |
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- **category.search=POLICY**: Sets policy of all FUSE functions in the |
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search category. (default: ff) |
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- **cache.statfs=UINT**: 'statfs' cache timeout in seconds. (default: 0) |
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- **cache.attr=UINT**: File attribute cache timeout in |
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seconds. (default: 1) |
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- **cache.entry=UINT**: File name lookup cache timeout in |
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seconds. (default: 1) |
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- **cache.negative_entry=UINT**: Negative file name lookup cache |
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- **[category.action](functions_categories_policies.md)=POLICY**: Sets |
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policy of all FUSE functions in the action category. (default: |
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epall) |
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- **[category.create](functions_categories_policies.md)=POLICY**: Sets |
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policy of all FUSE functions in the create category. (default: |
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epmfs) |
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- **[category.search](functions_categories_policies.md)=POLICY**: Sets |
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policy of all FUSE functions in the search category. (default: ff) |
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- **[cache.statfs](cache.md#cachestatfs)=UINT**: 'statfs' cache |
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timeout in seconds. (default: 0) |
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- **cache.files=libfuse|off|partial|full|auto-full|per-process**: File |
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page caching mode (default: libfuse) |
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- **[cache.attr](cache.md#cacheattr)=UINT**: File attribute cache |
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timeout in seconds. (default: 1) |
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- **[cache.entry](cache.md#cacheentry)=UINT**: File name lookup cache |
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timeout in seconds. (default: 1) |
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- **[cache.negative_entry](cache.md#cachenegative_entry)=UINT**: |
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Negative file name lookup cache timeout in seconds. (default: 0) |
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- **[cache.files](cache.md#cachefiles)=libfuse|off|partial|full|auto-full|per-process**: |
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File page caching mode (default: libfuse) |
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- **cache.files.process-names=LIST**: A pipe | delimited list of |
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process [comm](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/proc.5.html) |
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names to enable page caching for when |
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`cache.files=per-process`. (default: "rtorrent|qbittorrent-nox") |
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- **cache.writeback=BOOL**: Enable kernel writeback caching (default: |
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false) |
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- **cache.symlinks=BOOL**: Cache symlinks (if supported by kernel) |
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(default: false) |
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- **cache.readdir=BOOL**: Cache readdir (if supported by kernel) |
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(default: false) |
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- **[cache.writeback](cache.md#cachewriteback)=BOOL**: Enable kernel |
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writeback caching (default: false) |
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- **[cache.symlinks](cache.md#cachesymlinks)=BOOL**: Cache symlinks (if |
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supported by kernel) (default: false) |
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- **[cache.readdir](cache.md#cachereaddir)=BOOL**: Cache readdir (if |
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supported by kernel) (default: false) |
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- **parallel-direct-writes=BOOL**: Allow the kernel to dispatch |
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multiple, parallel (non-extending) write requests for files opened |
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with `cache.files=per-process` (if the process is not in `process-names`) |
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or `cache.files=off`. (This requires kernel support, and was added in v6.2) |
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with `cache.files=per-process` (if the process is not in |
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`process-names`) or `cache.files=off`. (Is a kernel feature added in |
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v6.2) (default: true) |
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**NOTE:** Options are evaluated in the order listed so if the options |
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are **func.rmdir=rand,category.action=ff** the **action** category |
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