README.md

In eliocamp/mountr: Mount remote folders with 'sshfs' from R

mountr

mountr is a barebones package that allows you to mount remote folders using sshfs.

Installation

sshfs only works on unix platforms and requires sshfs

You can install the developement version of mountr from GitHub with:

remotes::install_github("eliocamp/mountr")

How to use it

To mount a remote fonder locally, you have to have set the ssh keys previously. It is recommended to save the mount_point in a variable.

mount <- mountr::sshfs_mount("my_remote_user", "remote_server", "path_to_remote_folder", "path_to_local_folder")
mount$mount()

This function also has a permission argument to change permissions from read only mode to read and write mode. Use this very carefully.

To mount a remote folder through a tunneling server you have to create the tunnel first and past it to the mount function.

tunnel <- mountr::tunnel_open("my_remote_user", "tunnel_server", "remote_server")

mount <- mountr::sshfs_mount("my_remote_user", tunnel, "path_to_remote_folder", "path_to_local_folder")
mount$mount()

To unmount the remote folder use:

mount$unmount()

eliocamp/mountr documentation built on May 25, 2023, 7:35 p.m.