GO-MTPFS(1)

📦 version 1.0.0+git20200111.42254b1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 GO-MTPFS 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for go-mtpfs, and it lives in the General Commands Manual section. that's the GO-MTPFS(1) energy. sit down, grab a strawberry, we're mounting an Android phone. 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

go-mtpfs — a FUSE filesystem for mounting your Android device as an MTP device. yes, like, actually mounting it. no cap. 🔥

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

go-mtpfs [options] directory

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so this page documents the go-mtpfs command, briefly. 💅

go-mtpfs is a program that mounts an Android device as an MTP device. the only argument it takes is the directory name. that's it. one (1) argument. iconic behavior honestly.

example usage, literally right here:

mkdir xoom
go-mtpfs xoom &
cp -a ~/Music/Some-Album xoom/Music/
fusermount -u xoom
okay so after a file is closed — like when cp finishes in the example above — it is safe to unplug the device. the filesystem will still keep functioning after that, but it generates I/O errors whenever it reads from or writes to the device. so like, it's alive but it's not okay. 💀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

a summary of options is included below. here's the vibe check on all of them:

  • -h, --help — show a summary of the options. the classic. the "help me bestie" flag. 🫶
  • -allow-other — allow other users to access the mounted fuse. default: false.
  • -android — use Android extensions if they're available. default: true.
  • -debug string — a comma-separated list of debugging options: usb, data, mtp, fuse. pick your fighter. 👑
  • -dev string — a regular expression to filter device IDs, which are composed of manufacturer/product/serial. so like, manufacturer/product/serial, that's the shape.
  • -storage string — a regular expression to filter storage areas.
  • -usb-timeout int — timeout in milliseconds. default: 5000.
  • -vfat — assume removable RAM media uses VFAT, and rewrite names. default: true.

✨ NOTES ✨

this manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but it may be used by others), because the original program does not have a manual page. so yeah, we made one. you're welcome. 🎀

and that's the whole page, bestie — dated Jan 2021, born from the Debian GNU/Linux side of the group chat. go forth and mount responsibly. 💖✨

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