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PROGRAM:

NAME

pytagsfs - filesystem mapping media files to an arbitrary directory structure

SYNOPSIS

pytagsfs [OPTIONS] {sourcedir} {mountpoint}

DESCRIPTION

pytagsfs is a FUSE filesystem that was designed to present multiple views of tagged media
files. For instance, a directory tree containing audio files could be mapped to a new
directory structure organizing those same files by album, genre, release date, etc.

To get a feel for what's possible, see the section called “EXAMPLES”.

Log messages are kept in a limited-size ring buffer in memory, and can be read from the
virtual file named ".log", under the mount point root.

OPTIONS

--version
show version of program and exit

-h, --help
show summary of options and exit

-f
foreground operation

-d
enable debug output (implies -f)

-s
disable multi-threaded operation

-r
mount read-only

-o opt[,opt...]
mount options

-o format=FORMAT
format string for destination paths (see the section called “FORMAT STRINGS”)

-o srcfilter=EXPR
adds a source path filter; may be specified more than once (see the section called
“PATH FILTERS”)

-o dstfilter=EXPR
adds a destination path filter; may be specified more than once (see the section
called “PATH FILTERS”)

-o iocharset=ENCODING
mounted tree character encoding (default utf-8)

-o source_iocharset=ENCODING
source directory character encoding (default utf-8)

-o ro
synonym for -r (Linux)

-o rdonly
synonym for -r (Darwin, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD)

-o allow_other
allow access to other users

-o allow_root
allow access to root

-o nonempty
allow mounts over non-empty file/dir

-o uid=UID
set file owner

-o gid=GID
set file group

-o verbosity=VERBOSITY
log level; must be one of "debug", "info", "warning", "error", "critical"; defaults to
"warning"

-o logsize=LOGSIZE
length of log file ring buffer

-o debug
synonym for -d

-o force_write_support
Force write support on systems that are not known to have correct mmap semantics. This
option is dangerous and can lead to file corruption with some applications on some
systems!

FORMAT STRINGS

A format string must be specified for each pytagsfs mount. The format string specifies the
structure of the virtual filesystem mount by defining a template for virtual paths. For
instance, the following format string defines a virtual filesystem layout that organizes
media files by artist, then by album, and, finally, by track name:

/%{artist}/%{album}/%{track}.%{extension}

Substitutions
The format string should contain zero or more substitution sequences. Each such sequence
begins with a percent sign (%).

Substitution sequences may be specified in either long or short forms. Long-form
substitution sequences are written as "%{KEY}", where KEY corresponds with a meta-data
key. The set of available keys varies from file to file, however, many media files feature
some or all of the following long keys:
filename name of the original file
parent name of the original file's parent directory
extension extension of the original file
tracknumber track number; concise (like 7)
TRACKNUMBER track number; two digits with leading zeros (like 07)
artist artist
composer composer
title track title
album album title
year year of release
genre genre

Short-form substitution sequences are written as "%X". Each such sequence is an
abbreviation for a long-form sequence, as indicated below:
f filename
p parent
e extension
n number
N NUMBER
a artist
c composer
t title
l album
y year
g genre

Modifiers
Format strings can be further extended to perform string translations on parameters prior
to substitution. Such translations are indicated by the inclusion of a modifier character
after the percent sign. For instance, "%^a" indicates an all-caps version of the artist
name, as does "%^{artist}".

The full list of modifier characters follows:
^ UPPERCASE
_ lowercase
! Title Case

Conditional Expressions
Normally, any file for which a parameter required by the format string cannot be
determined is implicitly excluded from the resulting filesystem. Conditionals can be used
to express that these files should be included, but that those portions of the format
string that cannot be rendered should be omitted or replaced.

Two types of conditional expressions may be used: "if" expressions and "if-else"
expressions. The contents of an "if" expression are omitted unless all parameters within
that expressions can be successfully evaluated. An "if-else" expression is similar, except
that, if the expression does not evaluate, an alternative will be used instead. Use the
following syntax:
%?expr%?
%?expr%:alt%?

PATH FILTERS

Path filters can be used to limit the set of files presented by the filesystem using
regular expressions. Files are filtered by source path or by destination path, inclusively
(limiting the set of paths to those that match the regular expression) or exclusively
(limiting the set of paths to those that do not match the regular expression).

Use the mount options srcfilter and dstfilter to filter by source path and destination
path, respectively. Filters are inclusive unless the filter parameter starts with an
exclamation point, in which case the regular expression is assumed to be the part of the
parameter following the exclamation point.

Multiple filters of any kind may be used, and are applied in the order that they are
specified on the command line. See the section called “EXAMPLES” for some sample filters.

EXAMPLES

View media files in src, with original filenames in a flat directory structure:

$ pytagsfs -o format='/%f' src mnt

View media files in src by album on mnt:

$ pytagsfs -o format='/%a/%f' src mnt

A more complex album-based view:

$ pytagsfs -o format='/%a - %l/%N %a - %t [%l].%e'

This is like above, but filters the result. I use this to display my files by album, but
exclude compilations (which I've tagged to include a hyphen in the album name, like
"various - album"):

$ pytagsfs -o \
format='/%a - %l/%N %a - %t [%l].%e',\
dstfilter='!^/[^/]* - [^/]* - [^/]*/' \
src albums

I use this to display the compilations:

$ pytagsfs -o \
format='/%l/%N %a - %t [%l].%e',\
dstfilter='^/[^/]* - [^/]*/' \
src compilations

Maybe you only want to see files that start with "a" and end in ".mp3"?

$ pytagsfs -o \
format='/%f',dstfilter='^/a',dstfilter='\.mp3$' \
src mnt

UNMOUNTING

To unmount the filesystem on Linux use fusermount(1):

$ fusermount -u mnt

To unmount the filesystem on OS X or *BSD use umount(1):

$ umount mnt

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