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mergerfs is a union filesystem geared towards simplifying storage and management of files across numerous commodity storage devices.

Installation

1. Connect to your slot through SSH

2. Clone the mergerfs repository and change to its directory

    git clone https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs.git; cd mergerfs
   

3. Edit both Makefile and libfuse/Makefile to change /usr/local to /home/user. The following command will make the appropriate edits for you:

    sed -i 's|/usr/local|/home/user|g' Makefile
   

4. Compile and install mergerfs.

    make; make install
   

   You will receive an error indicating that an operation is not permitted on /home/user/bin/mergerfs-fusemount - ignore the error.

5. (Optional) Add ~/bin to your PATH so that you can run binaries in ~/bin without specifying the path. Ignore this step if you have performed it for a different program.

    echo "PATH=\$HOME/bin:\$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
   

You can now run ~/bin/mergerfs (or mergerfs if the optional step is completed) to use the program.