=head3 getattr
Arguments: filename.
+
Returns a list, very similar to the 'stat' function (see
perlfunc). On error, simply return a single numeric scalar
value (e.g. "return -ENOENT();").
=head3 readlink
Arguments: link pathname.
+
Returns a scalar: either a numeric constant, or a text string.
This is called when dereferencing symbolic links, to learn the target.
=head3 getdir
Arguments: Containing directory name.
+
Returns a list: 0 or more text strings (the filenames), followed by a numeric errno (usually 0).
This is used to obtain directory listings. It's opendir(), readdir(), filldir() and closedir() all in one call.
=head3 mknod
Arguments: Filename, numeric modes, numeric device
+
Returns an errno (0 upon success, as usual).
This function is called for all non-directory, non-symlink nodes,
=head3 mkdir
Arguments: New directory pathname, numeric modes.
+
Returns an errno.
Called to create a directory.
=head3 unlink
Arguments: Filename.
+
Returns an errno.
Called to remove a file, device, or symlink.
=head3 rmdir
Arguments: Pathname.
+
Returns an errno.
Called to remove a directory.
=head3 symlink
Arguments: Existing filename, symlink name.
+
Returns an errno.
Called to create a symbolic link.
=head3 rename
Arguments: old filename, new filename.
+
Returns an errno.
Called to rename a file, and/or move a file from one directory to another.
=head3 link
Arguments: Existing filename, hardlink name.
+
Returns an errno.
Called to create hard links.
=head3 chmod
Arguments: Pathname, numeric modes.
+
Returns an errno.
Called to change permissions on a file/directory/device/symlink.
=head3 chown
Arguments: Pathname, numeric uid, numeric gid.
+
Returns an errno.
Called to change ownership of a file/directory/device/symlink.
=head3 truncate
Arguments: Pathname, numeric offset.
+
Returns an errno.
Called to truncate a file, at the given offset.
=head3 utime
Arguments: Pathname, numeric actime, numeric modtime.
+
Returns an errno.
Called to change access/modification times for a file/directory/device/symlink.
Arguments: Pathname, numeric flags (which is an OR-ing of stuff like O_RDONLY
and O_SYNC, constants you can import from POSIX), fileinfo hash reference.
+
Returns an errno, a file handle (optional).
No creation, or trunctation flags (O_CREAT, O_EXCL, O_TRUNC) will be passed to open().
=head3 read
Arguments: Pathname, numeric requested size, numeric offset, file handle
+
Returns a numeric errno, or a string scalar with up to $requestedsize bytes of data.
Called in an attempt to fetch a portion of the file.
=head3 statfs
Arguments: none
+
Returns any of the following:
-ENOANO()
=head3 flush
Arguments: Pathname, file handle
+
Returns an errno or 0 on success.
Called to synchronise any cached data. This is called before the file
=head3 fsync
Arguments: Pathname, numeric flags
+
Returns an errno or 0 on success.
Called to synchronise the file's contents. If flags is non-zero,
=head3 setxattr
Arguments: Pathname, extended attribute's name, extended attribute's value, numeric flags (which is an OR-ing of XATTR_CREATE and XATTR_REPLACE
+
Returns an errno or 0 on success.
Called to set the value of the named extended attribute.
=head3 getxattr
Arguments: Pathname, extended attribute's name
+
Returns an errno, 0 if there was no value, or the extended attribute's value.
Called to get the value of the named extended attribute.
=head3 listxattr
Arguments: Pathname
+
Returns a list: 0 or more text strings (the extended attribute names), followed by a numeric errno (usually 0).
=head3 removexattr
Arguments: Pathname, extended attribute's name
+
Returns an errno or 0 on success.
=head3 opendir
=head3 readdir
Arguments: Pathname of a directory, numeric offset, (optional) directory handle
+
Returns a list of 0 or more entries, followed by a numeric errno (usually 0).
The entries can be simple strings (filenames), or arrays containing an
offset number, the filename, and optionally an array ref containing the
=head3 releasedir
Arguments: Pathname of a directory, (optional) directory handle
+
Returns an errno or 0 on success
Called when there are no more references to an opened directory. Called once
=head3 fsyncdir
Arguments: Pathname of a directory, numeric flags, (optional) directory handle
+
Returns an errno or 0 on success.
Called to synchronize any changes to a directory's contents. If flag is
=head3 init
Arguments: None.
+
Returns (optionally) an SV to be passed as private_data via fuse_get_context().
=head3 destroy
Arguments: (optional) private data SV returned from init(), if any.
+
Returns nothing.
=head3 access
Arguments: Pathname, access mode flags
+
Returns an errno or 0 on success.
Determine if the user attempting to access the indicated file has access to
=head3 create
Arguments: Pathname, create mask, open mode flags
+
Returns errno or 0 on success, and (optional) file handle.
Create a file with the path indicated, then open a handle for reading and/or
=head3 ftruncate
Arguments: Pathname, numeric offset, (optional) file handle
+
Returns errno or 0 on success
Like truncate(), but on an opened file.
=head3 fgetattr
Arguments: Pathname, (optional) file handle
+
Returns a list, very similar to the 'stat' function (see
perlfunc). On error, simply return a single numeric scalar
value (e.g. "return -ENOENT();").
=head3 lock
Arguments: Pathname, numeric command code, hashref containing lock parameters, (optional) file handle
+
Returns errno or 0 on success
Used to lock or unlock regions of a file. Locking is handled locally, but this
=head3 utimens
Arguments: Pathname, last accessed time, last modified time
+
Returns errno or 0 on success
Like utime(), but allows time resolution down to the nanosecond. Currently
=head3 bmap
Arguments: Pathname, numeric blocksize, numeric block number
+
Returns errno or 0 on success, and physical block number if successful
Used to map a block number offset in a file to the physical block offset
filesystems that are stored on an actual block device, with the 'blkdev'
option passed.
+=head3 ioctl
+
+Arguments: Pathname, (signed) ioctl command code, flags, data if ioctl op is a write, (optional) file handle
+
+Returns errno or 0 on success, and data if ioctl op is a read
+
+Used to handle ioctl() operations on files. See ioctl(2) for more
+information on the fine details of ioctl operation numbers. May need to
+h2ph system headers to get the necessary macros; keep in mind the macros
+are highly OS-dependent.
+
+Keep in mind that read and write are from the client perspective, so
+read from our end means data is going *out*, and write means data is
+coming *in*. It can be slightly confusing.
+
=head1 AUTHOR
Mark Glines, E<lt>mark@glines.orgE<gt>