DOT-Files/Gentoo/gentooamd/home/user/.tldrc/tldr/pages/common/encfs.md

# encfs

> Mount or create encrypted virtual filesystems.
> See also: `fusermount` which can unmount filesystems mounted by this command.
> More information: <https://github.com/vgough/encfs>.

- Initialize or mount an encrypted filesystem:

`encfs /{{path/to/cipher_directory}} /{{path/to/mount_point}}`

- Initialize an encrypted filesystem with standard settings:

`encfs --standard /{{path/to/cipher_directory}} /{{path/to/mount_point}}`

- Run encfs in the foreground instead of spawning a daemon:

`encfs -f /{{path/to/cipher_directory}} /{{path/to/mount_point}}`

- Mount an encrypted snapshot of a plain directory:

`encfs --reverse {{path/to/plain_directory}} {{path/to/cipher_directory}}`