Dokan

Dokan library 0.5.1 for x64 and x86 released

Hiroki — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:52:24 +0000

I released Dokan library 0.5.1 for Windows XP, 2003, Vista 7 x86 and Windows 2003, Vista, 7 x64. You can get it on “Download” page. The installer contains both x86 and x64 binaries.

Highlight of Updates from 0.4.2
-fixed issues for Office files
-fixed issues for Visual Studio
-fixed issues for Dokan.NET, rename, delete, FileInfo lock etc.
-Added SetAllocationSize callback function
-Added DokanResetTimeout function
-Added PagingIo, SynchronousIo, Nocache and WriteToEndOfFile in DOKAN_FILE_INFO
and a lot more.

Dokan library 0.5.0 released

Hiroki — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:31:29 +0000

Long time to see you. I just have released Dokan 0.5.0 for x86. As it’s more than one year since last release, Dokan 0.5.0 has a lot of improvements and updates. I rewrote the Dokan installer by using Nullsoft Scriptable Install System. You need to unistall the previous version as usual before running the latest installer. Please try this latest version.

I will release x64 version soon.

Dokan SSHFS doesn’t support Dokan 0.5.0. If you want to use Dokan SSHFS with Dokan 0.5.0, please see the instruction on Download page.

I also released Dokan.NET library 0.3.0.

Open source Dokan SSHFS

Hiroki — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:51:40 +0000

Today, I released Dokan SSHFS source codes under MIT license.
They contain DokanSSHFS (C# SSHFS program), DokanSSHFSControl (ShellExtension to context menu), DokanSSHProperty (ShellExtension to file property) and SharpSSH (open source ssh library for C#). When you compile these codes, you need the latest Dokan library and Dokan.NET library in the repository.

You can get source codes from the Dokan SVN repository.
http://code.google.com/p/dokan/source/browse/#svn/trunk/dokan_sshfs

I’m still working on new version of Dokan library, especially for x64 environment. Thank you for many patches and bug reports.

The next release of Dokan library

Hiroki — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:49:14 +0000

It has been along time since I released the last version of Dokan library. The development of Dokan library is not stopped. You can see changes since last release.
http://code.google.com/p/dokan/source/list

In the next release, I add a new callback function SetAllocationSize and change DokanMain function. I fixed many Office 2007 specific problems.

I want to release new version soon.

Dokan library 0.4.2 released

Hiroki — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:34:48 +0000

Today I released Dokan library 0.4.2 for x86.
This version fixed BSOD introduced in the previous version. If you use Dokan library 0.4.1, please update to this version.

Changes since 0.4.1
- Fixed BSOD when an application is launched on Dokan drive. issue

Discussion group for Dokan develeoment

Hiroki — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:47:22 +0000

I created a discussion group for Dokan and filesystem development.
http://groups.google.com/group/dokan

Dokan library 0.4.1 released

Hiroki — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:55:13 +0000

I have just released Dokan library 0.4.1 for x86.

Changes since 0.4.0
- Fixed error while creating new file with Word 2003. issue
- Fixed dokan.dll crash when it is restarted after unexpected termination.
- Set DeleteOnClose flag in CreateFile when the file is already marked as deleted. JimR reported

Happy holidays!

Dokan library 0.4.0 x64 released

Hiroki — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:42:34 +0000

Dokan library 0.4.0 x64 version has just been released.
This is the 64 bit version of Dokan library, which I released last week.

Dokan library 0.4.0 released

Hiroki — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:44:58 +0000

Dokan library 0.4.0 has just been released!
I’m pleased to announce the launch of new version of Dokan library. I completely redesigned the driver event handling model. There are a lot of improvements from the previous version. You must recompile all programs which use Dokan library because dokan.h is changed and this version is not compatible with the previous one. You need to update Dokan.NET, Dokan Ruby and Dokan SSHFS.

The license of Dokan driver is changed to LGPL from GPL.
- driver (dokan.sys) : LGPL
- dll (dokan.dll) : LGPL
- mounter, dokanctl, mirror sample : MIT

Dokan API is changed.
The difference of dokan.h is here
I changed to pass DOKAN_OPTIONS (which is passed to DokanMain) in DOKAN_FILE_INFO structure
and I put GlobalContext in DOKAN_OPTIONS structure. I add “DeleteOnClose” in DOKAN_FILE_INFO structure and changed the usage of Cleanup, DeleteFile and DeleteDirectory.

You should not delete file on DeleteFile or DeleteDirectory. When DeleteFile or DeleteDirectory, you must check whether you can delete or not, and return 0 (when you can delete it) or appropriate error codes such as -ERROR_DIR_NOT_EMPTY, -ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION. When you return 0 (ERROR_SUCCESS), you get Cleanup with FileInfo->DeleteOnClose set TRUE, then you delete the file.

Changes from 0.3.9.
- Fixed: error during multiple file deletion. issue
- Fixed: excel support issue
- Fixed: file deletion in Explorer issue
- Fixed: improper CloseHandle issue
- Supported: filesytem wide context issue
- Fixed: 0 byte read issue
- Fixed: saving new file in notepad issue

x64 version coming soon.

Next version of Dokan library

Hiroki — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:13:44 +0000

I’m now preparing to launch the next version of Dokan library.

There are a lot of improvements from the previous version. I changed many parts of the driver especially communication between the driver and the user mode library. This makes Dokan much stable and removes some deadlocks. I also add some new features. If you are interested in the detail, please check the subversion repository.
Please be careful if you use the above files. They may crash your computer.

I’m planing to change the API to fix Explorer file deletion problem.
API changing requires to re-compile all other application that depends on Dokan library, such as Dokan.NET and Dokan Ruby binding. I need more tests because I changed a lot.

All the libraries will be launched in a week.
Thank you for many comments and bug reports.

2008/12/09 Update:
The next version of Dokan is almost done. I updated the repository. From this version, the license of Dokan driver is changed to LGPL from GPL. Dokan API is changed. DOKAN_FILE_INFO structure, DOKAN_OPTIONS structure, DeleteFile, DeleteDirectory and Cleanup are changed. Please re-check dokan.h file. I’m still investigating the existing issues and I hope to launch the new version in a few days.