sshfs connection needs trailing slash

February 4, 2013

SSHFS allows accessing directories and files on remote SSH servers as if they were on your local PC. One quirk is that accessing a large number of small files will incur a speed penalty.

When specifying the remote directory using sshfs, include a trailing slash to avoid Input/Output Error messages.

• correct: sshfs -o workaround=rename joe@server:/opt/netfiles/ ~/Z
• incorrect: sshfs -o workaround=rename joe@server:/opt/netfiles ~/Z