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Jan/091

ofs (offline file system) on Ubuntu 8.10

I was searching a long time for something like “windows offline folders” for linux. Finally I found it in an article about ofs (aka offlinefs aka offline file system) in german “linux magazin” 01/09.

After my first tries to get offlinefs running on Ubuntu 8.10 I recognized some problems compiling it. After contacting the developers and adding bugs to the tracker on sourceforge.net the biggest problems where solved. Now I am able to compile it in Ubuntu Intrepid.

According to the developers ofs has only be tested with smbfs/cifs. At the moment I experiment with sshfs and offlinefs. Seems like it is possible to get this work. I’ll experiment a bit and maybe post a small howto later…

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