JMTPFS(1)

✨ JMTPFS ✨

okay bestie, so this is jmtpfs, a FUSE based filesystem for accessing MTP devices 💅 and honestly? it's giving lifesaver. let's get into it.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

jmtpfs — a FUSE based filesystem for accessing MTP devices 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

jmtpfs [options] MOUNTPOINT

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, jmtpfs is a FUSE and libmtp based filesystem for accessing MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) devices. no cap. it was specifically designed for exchanging files between Linux (and Mac OS X) systems and newer Android devices that support MTP but not USB Mass Storage 😭 (yes, those exist, and yes, they're a whole thing).

the goal here? create a well-behaved filesystem, so that tools like find(1) and rsync(1) work as expected 👑 because honestly, a filesystem that fights you is not the vibe.

MTP file types are set automatically based on file type detection using libmagic(3) ✨ and setting the file type is literally necessary for some Android applications, like Gallery, to be able to find and use the files you uploaded to the device. so it's not just extra, it's essential, periodt.

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💖 USAGE 💖

for regular use, simply specifying a MOUNTPOINT will have the first available MTP device mounted under it. easy. iconic. no extra steps 💅

mounted devices should be unmounted using

fusermount -u MOUNTPOINT

(see fusermount(1) for more details, iykyk)

Note: most (if not all) Android phones have to be unlocked when first accessed over MTP 😭 if you get an input/output error on the mountpoint, unlock the phone and retry. that's it. that's the fix. bestie, just unlock your phone 🙈

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⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

jmtpfs accepts the following options:

• -h — show summary of options. short, sweet, helpful 🎀
• -V, --version — show the program version 🦋
• -l, --listDevices — list all available MTP devices 🔥 perfect for when you're like "wait, which one is it"
• -device=<busnum>,<devnum> — specify the device to mount. if unspecified, the first device found is used 👑

in addition to these options, all options supported by fuse(8) are available 🌈 see jmtpfs -h for more information.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• fuse(8)
• fusermount(1)

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💜 AUTHORS 💜

jmtpfs was written by Jason Ferrara <jason.ferrara@jacquette.com> ✨

this manual page was written by Apollon Oikonomopoulos <apoikos@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others) 🫶

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 this one's from the General Commands Manual, dated May 30, 2013, and it's JMTPFS(1) — go forth and mount those MTP devices, you've got this 💅💖