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SSHFS on Mac

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Using scp or rsync requires knowledge of file and directory locations. Sometimes, it is easier to mount an entire area to interact with it. This can also be used to edit files “locally”. The example below is given for connecting to the Swiss CMS Tier-3 cluster.

Setup
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brew install macfuse
brew install gromgit/fuse/sshfs-mac
mkdir ~/t3home

Reboot computer.

Connecting
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sshfs -f -o volname=t3home,\
            reconnect,\
            ServerAliveInterval=15,\
            ServerAliveCountMax=3,\
            idmap=user,\
            auto_xattr,\
            dev,\
            suid,\
            defer_permissions,\
            noappledouble,\
            noapplexattr\
    [email protected]:/t3home/lange_c ~/t3home

Remove the -f option to connect in background. In this case, remember to unmount afterwards:

umount ~/t3home

Some recommendations can be found at https://sbgrid.org/corewiki/faq-sshfs.md. Also, -ocache=no -onolocalcaches might be useful, to be checked.