cryfs Command Examples

A cryptographic filesystem for the cloud. More information: https://www.cryfs.org/.

• Mount an encrypted filesystem. The initialization wizard will be started on the first execution:

cryfs {{path/to/cipher_dir}} {{path/to/mount_point}}

• Unmount an encrypted filesystem:

cryfs-unmount {{path/to/mount_point}}

• Automatically unmount after ten minutes of inactivity:

cryfs --unmount-idle {{10}} {{path/to/cipher_dir}} {{path/to/mount_point}}

• List supported ciphers:

cryfs --show-ciphers