ForkFS allows you to sandbox a process's changes to your file system.
You can think of it as a light-weight container: programs still have access to your real system (and can therefore jump out of the sandbox), but their disk changes are re-routed to special directories without changing the real file system.
Note: ForkFS is Linux-only.
Binaries for a number of platforms are available on the release page.
console,ignore
$ cargo +nightly install forkfs
To install cargo, follow these instructions.
Run a command in the sandbox:
sh
$ forkfs run -- <your command>
All file system changes the command makes will only exist within the sandbox and will not modify your real file system.
You can also start a bash shell wherein any command you execute has its file operations sandboxed:
sh
$ forkfs run bash
More details:
```console $ forkfs --help A sandboxing file system emulator
You can think of ForkFS as a light-weight container: programs still have access to your real system (and can therefore jump out of the sandbox), but their disk changes are re-routed to special directories without changing the real file system. Under the hood, ForkFS is implemented as a wrapper around OverlayFS.
Warning: we make no security claims. Do NOT use this tool with potentially malicious software.
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Usage: forkfs
Commands: run Run commands inside the sandbox sessions Manage sessions help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
Options:
-h, --help
Print help (use -h for a summary)
-V, --version Print version
$ forkfs sessions --help Manage sessions
Each session has its own separate view of the file system that is persistent. That is, individual command invocations build upon each other.
Actives sessions are those that are mounted, while inactive sessions remember the changes that were made within them, but are not ready to be used.
Note: weird things may happen if the real file system changes after establishing a session. You may want to delete all sessions to restore clean behavior in such cases.
Usage: forkfs sessions
Commands: list List sessions stop Unmount active sessions delete Delete sessions help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
Options:
-h, --help
Print help (use -h for a summary)
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