Dokan SSHFS 0.1.9 released
June 11th, 2008 in SSHFS
Dokan SSHFS 0.1.9 is released.
Dokan SSHFS is a program that mounts remore file system as local drive using SSH. You can edit and create files on Linux with your favorite Windows application.
Changes from 0.1.8
- Use the latest Dokan.NET library
- Enabled UseKeepAlive
- Fixed file cache consistency when creating new direction
Domain name is changed to dokan-dev.net
Hi,
Terrific program; many thanks! I notice that in SSHFS, changing a file’s date/timestamp is off by a few bits. Is this easy to fix?
Thanks!
Hello, Alex
> I notice that in SSHFS, changing a file’s date/timestamp is off by a few
> bits. Is this easy to fix?
Your server’s time my be different from your computer. Timestamp is based on server time.
Hi Hiroki,
That’s not quite what I meant — when I explicitly try to change the file time properties (e.g., using touch in my case), they end up not quite equal to what I tried to set them to. It seems to be a problem internal to the SSHFS implementation, since your example “mirror” application doesn’t have the same problem.
I’d also be happy to try looking through the code myself, if the source is available…
Thanks!
Hello, Alex
File property is cached in Dokan SSHFS. In your case, it is not cleared when you modified file. But I am not sure Dokan SSHFS should clear cache every time file is modified because a lot of communication is needed to refresh.
BTW, you can also clear cache manually using right click context menu.
Thank you for your information.
Hi Hiroki,
I’m afraid that’s not it either, actually. Even clearing the cache does not result in the correct modification times. The behavior I see is that the times are discretized more coarsely than they should be, so that for example all the following commands in cygwin:
touch -t 200802030405 myfile
…
touch -t 200802030412 myfile
produce the same modification time (“4:04″). Going further,
touch -t 200802030413 myfile
finally produces a different modification time (“4:12″).
I suspect that, somewhere within the code, the time stamp is being truncated (three too few significant bits).
Thanks!
Hello, Alex
I could reproduce your problem. I suspect this is a .NET binding problem. I want to fix it in a few days. Thanks.
Hi Hiroki,
Thanks! I think the download link(s) didn’t get updated, though…
Hello Hiroki,
I searched the whole afternoon for a tool like this. After some failed testings with RedDrive I found your library.
I am sorry to say, that Dokan SSHFS does not work in my environment.
SSHFS should connect through our firewall (NAT) at work to my SSH server at home. The SSH server runs in upper port range (13022), I am using only password – no public key.
Every time I try to connect to my SSH server, I get a connection failed.
Do you have any ideas how to solve this problem or how can I set debugging mode?
Best regards,
Schakko
Hiroki, you just saved my life.
Hello, Schakko
The latest Dokan SSHFS has a bug about debug output, so I put fixed version of
binary here.
http://dokan-dev.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/dokansshfs.zip
Zip file contains “DokanSSHFS.exe” file only. Please copy it to your DokanSSHFS
install folder. You can run “DokanSSHFS.exe -nd” and get debug output under
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Dokan\DokanSSHFS\1.0.0.0
Is there a way to tell it to not overlay those black icons on the files? Its terribly distracting. Thanks!
Hi,
Which versions of Windows are supported?
Is Windows Vista supported?
Are 64 bit versions of Windows supported e.g. Windows XP x64 or Windows Vista 64-bit?
Hello, hax
Dokan SSHFS and Dokan library support Windows XP and Vista 32bit version.
CPU Killer reported that Dokan library worked on XP 64bit.
Are any of the Windows Server versions possible? I tried to install, but the installer failed. Any suggestions please?
Thanks.
Hello Hiroki,
thanks for sshfs, since I’m not a regular W$ (ab)user, I’m enjoying importing the Linux FS.
One drawback, the representation of the Date in the sshFS seems to be GMT not local-time, which is selected in my W$
BTW I’m using http://dokan-dev.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/dokansshfs.zip
Best regards and many thanks
Andreas
Hi,
Nice program, quite useful. I plan on using it constantly.
- Is there a way to make it connect when you run it (so I can have it connected on startup)?
- I also notice when you delete multiple files, it deletes one, but a messagebox says “Cannot delete FILENAME: Cannot find the specified file.\nMake sure you specify the correct path and file name.”
Then it seems to give that error on every file you delete.
- Is there source of SVN available?
Thanks
Hello Hiroki,
Thank you very much for your excellent
program!. I have it running in a W$-XP to mount a Linux directory just to use the XP box as a
radio recorder with a very good sound board that
unfortunately has not Linux support. By the way,
everything is working on a single board computer
(Juki 511P at 133MHz) with a solid state (4Gb
CF) disk. It is slow, but sufficient for my purposes, so I can say your software is an
excellent plus for embedded systems.
My only doubt is the same as Dersaidin has
already posted: any way to connect when you
run?
Thank you very much again.
I’ve notice another problem.
Several applications which crash when they’re opening a file on the SSHFS, such as Matlab (R2007b). They also can’t save to the SSHFS.
Open office documents open, with a small issue.
If I open a .odt file on the SSHFS drive with Open Office, the title in the title bar only shows the first letter.
VLC can stream videos from it, which is quite cool.
http://www.magnetk.com/sftpdrive/
This program works in OpenOffice and the other applications I noted.
It also has a connect on start feature. The only downside is that it is not free.
And that last line of my first post was meant to be
- Is there source OR SVN available?
Thanks
Fantastic program. Thanks a ton Hiroki
Dustin & Dersaidin – Enabling “Without offline attribute” in options removes the black icons and lets you save files from programs such as MS Word. Dont know what are the other effects of enabling the option though.
Program is still a little rough around the edges though. I can save files from MS Word and many other programs, but not from Powerpoint!
Is it only for me or dokan sshfs display symlinks to directories as files and it is not possbile to change directory into them?
This is a program I have looked after for a while.
Unfortunately I have some problem with it.
When I in notepad++ or programmer’s notepad(only tested ones) try to save a file which is shorter than the one on the server it seems like if sshfs only overwrites the part which the client sees and fails to remove the part thats between the EOF in the file on the server and the EOF on the clientside
Konbanha Hiroki-San,
Doumo arigatou gozaimashita!
The program works like a charm and does exactly what I needed. Many thanks. You made my day.
Greetings from Berlin (Germany),
Mathias
Nice tool, keep up the good work Hiroki.
greetings,
Bas Terwijn
Hi,
thanks a lot for this free windows implementation off sshfs. That’s exactly what i was looking for!
Sadly I am experiencing this “The parameter is incorect”-problem:
http://code.google.com/p/dokan/issues/detail?id=58
which makes dokansshfs unusable for me. The only difference to the bug report above is that i am using Windows Vista.
The bug has priority medium. That’s surprising because as nothing works it seems quite important to fix it. I’d love to provide some debugging output if required or do whatever may help you to fix that issue!
Hi,
dokan sshfs treats symlink as files and hence cannot open symlinks as if a folder, while browsing from a mounted drive. Is there a way to bypass it?
test
test the function
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File property is cached in Dokan SSHFS. In your case, it is not cleared when you modified file. But I am not sure Dokan SSHFS should clear cache every time file is modified because a lot of communication is needed to refresh.
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