diff --git a/bin/copyparty-fuseb.py b/bin/copyparty-fuseb.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
+
+"""copyparty-fuseb: remote copyparty as a local filesystem"""
+__author__ = "ed <copyparty@ocv.me>"
+__copyright__ = 2020
+__license__ = "MIT"
+__url__ = "https://github.com/9001/copyparty/"
+
+import re
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import stat
+import errno
+import struct
+import threading
+import http.client  # py2: httplib
+import urllib.parse
+from datetime import datetime
+from urllib.parse import quote_from_bytes as quote
+
+try:
+    import fuse
+    from fuse import Fuse
+    fuse.fuse_python_api = (0, 2)
+    if not hasattr(fuse, '__version__'):
+        raise Exception('your fuse-python is way old')
+except:
+    print(
+        "\n  could not import fuse; these may help:\n    python3 -m pip install --user fuse-python\n    apt install libfuse\n    modprobe fuse"
+    )
+    raise
+
+
+"""
+mount a copyparty server (local or remote) as a filesystem
+
+usage:
+  python ./copyparty-fuseb.py -f -o allow_other,auto_unmount,nonempty,url=http://192.168.1.69:3923 /export/ro
+
+dependencies:
+  sudo apk add fuse-dev
+  python3 -m pip install --user fuse-python
+
+fork of copyparty-fuse.py based on fuse-python which
+  appears to be more compliant than fusepy? since this works with samba
+    (probably just my garbage code tbh)
+"""
+
+
+def threadless_log(msg):
+    print(msg + "\n", end="")
+
+
+def boring_log(msg):
+    msg = "\033[36m{:012x}\033[0m {}\n".format(threading.current_thread().ident, msg)
+    print(msg[4:], end="")
+
+
+def rice_tid():
+    tid = threading.current_thread().ident
+    c = struct.unpack(b"B" * 5, struct.pack(b">Q", tid)[-5:])
+    return "".join("\033[1;37;48;5;{}m{:02x}".format(x, x) for x in c) + "\033[0m"
+
+
+def fancy_log(msg):
+    print("{} {}\n".format(rice_tid(), msg), end="")
+
+
+def null_log(msg):
+    pass
+
+
+info = fancy_log
+log = fancy_log
+dbg = fancy_log
+log = null_log
+dbg = null_log
+
+
+def get_tid():
+    return threading.current_thread().ident
+
+
+def html_dec(txt):
+    return txt.replace('&lt;', '<').replace('&gt;', '>').replace('&quot;', '"').replace('&amp;', '&')
+
+
+class CacheNode(object):
+    def __init__(self, tag, data):
+        self.tag = tag
+        self.data = data
+        self.ts = time.time()
+
+
+class Stat(fuse.Stat):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.st_mode = 0
+        self.st_ino = 0
+        self.st_dev = 0
+        self.st_nlink = 1
+        self.st_uid = 1000
+        self.st_gid = 1000
+        self.st_size = 0
+        self.st_atime = 0
+        self.st_mtime = 0
+        self.st_ctime = 0
+
+
+class Gateway(object):
+    def __init__(self, base_url):
+        self.base_url = base_url
+
+        ui = urllib.parse.urlparse(base_url)
+        self.web_root = ui.path.strip("/")
+        try:
+            self.web_host, self.web_port = ui.netloc.split(":")
+            self.web_port = int(self.web_port)
+        except:
+            self.web_host = ui.netloc
+            if ui.scheme == "http":
+                self.web_port = 80
+            elif ui.scheme == "https":
+                raise Exception("todo")
+            else:
+                raise Exception("bad url?")
+
+        self.conns = {}
+
+    def quotep(self, path):
+        # TODO: mojibake support
+        path = path.encode("utf-8", "ignore")
+        return quote(path, safe="/")
+
+    def getconn(self, tid=None):
+        tid = tid or get_tid()
+        try:
+            return self.conns[tid]
+        except:
+            info("new conn [{}] [{}]".format(self.web_host, self.web_port))
+
+            conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(self.web_host, self.web_port, timeout=260)
+
+            self.conns[tid] = conn
+            return conn
+
+    def closeconn(self, tid=None):
+        tid = tid or get_tid()
+        try:
+            self.conns[tid].close()
+            del self.conns[tid]
+        except:
+            pass
+
+    def sendreq(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        tid = get_tid()
+        try:
+            c = self.getconn(tid)
+            c.request(*list(args), **kwargs)
+            return c.getresponse()
+        except:
+            self.closeconn(tid)
+            c = self.getconn(tid)
+            c.request(*list(args), **kwargs)
+            return c.getresponse()
+
+    def listdir(self, path):
+        web_path = self.quotep("/" + "/".join([self.web_root, path])) + "?dots"
+        r = self.sendreq("GET", web_path)
+        if r.status != 200:
+            self.closeconn()
+            raise Exception(
+                "http error {} reading dir {} in {}".format(
+                    r.status, web_path, rice_tid()
+                )
+            )
+
+        return self.parse_html(r)
+
+    def download_file_range(self, path, ofs1, ofs2):
+        web_path = self.quotep("/" + "/".join([self.web_root, path])) + "?raw"
+        hdr_range = "bytes={}-{}".format(ofs1, ofs2 - 1)
+        log("downloading {}".format(hdr_range))
+
+        r = self.sendreq("GET", web_path, headers={"Range": hdr_range})
+        if r.status != http.client.PARTIAL_CONTENT:
+            self.closeconn()
+            raise Exception(
+                "http error {} reading file {} range {} in {}".format(
+                    r.status, web_path, hdr_range, rice_tid()
+                )
+            )
+
+        return r.read()
+
+    def parse_html(self, datasrc):
+        ret = []
+        remainder = b""
+        ptn = re.compile(
+            r"^<tr><td>(-|DIR)</td><td><a [^>]+>([^<]+)</a></td><td>([^<]+)</td><td>([^<]+)</td></tr>$"
+        )
+
+        while True:
+            buf = remainder + datasrc.read(4096)
+            # print('[{}]'.format(buf.decode('utf-8')))
+            if not buf:
+                break
+
+            remainder = b""
+            endpos = buf.rfind(b"\n")
+            if endpos >= 0:
+                remainder = buf[endpos + 1 :]
+                buf = buf[:endpos]
+
+            lines = buf.decode("utf-8").split("\n")
+            for line in lines:
+                m = ptn.match(line)
+                if not m:
+                    # print(line)
+                    continue
+
+                ftype, fname, fsize, fdate = m.groups()
+                fname = html_dec(fname)
+                ts = datetime.strptime(fdate, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S").timestamp()
+                sz = int(fsize)
+                if ftype == "-":
+                    ret.append([fname, self.stat_file(ts, sz), 0])
+                else:
+                    ret.append([fname, self.stat_dir(ts, sz), 0])
+
+        return ret
+
+    def stat_dir(self, ts, sz=4096):
+        ret = Stat()
+        ret.st_mode = stat.S_IFDIR | 0o555
+        ret.st_nlink = 2
+        ret.st_size = sz
+        ret.st_atime = ts
+        ret.st_mtime = ts
+        ret.st_ctime = ts
+        return ret
+
+    def stat_file(self, ts, sz):
+        ret = Stat()
+        ret.st_mode = stat.S_IFREG | 0o444
+        ret.st_size = sz
+        ret.st_atime = ts
+        ret.st_mtime = ts
+        ret.st_ctime = ts
+        return ret
+
+
+class CPPF(Fuse):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        Fuse.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        
+        self.url = None
+
+        self.dircache = []
+        self.dircache_mtx = threading.Lock()
+
+        self.filecache = []
+        self.filecache_mtx = threading.Lock()
+
+    def init2(self):
+        # TODO figure out how python-fuse wanted this to go
+        self.gw = Gateway(self.url) #.decode('utf-8'))
+        info("up")
+
+    def clean_dircache(self):
+        """not threadsafe"""
+        now = time.time()
+        cutoff = 0
+        for cn in self.dircache:
+            if now - cn.ts > 1:
+                cutoff += 1
+            else:
+                break
+
+        if cutoff > 0:
+            self.dircache = self.dircache[cutoff:]
+
+    def get_cached_dir(self, dirpath):
+        # with self.dircache_mtx:
+        if True:
+            self.clean_dircache()
+            for cn in self.dircache:
+                if cn.tag == dirpath:
+                    return cn
+
+        return None
+
+    """
+            ,-------------------------------,  g1>=c1, g2<=c2
+            |cache1                   cache2|  buf[g1-c1:(g1-c1)+(g2-g1)]
+            `-------------------------------'
+                    ,---------------,
+                    |get1       get2|
+                    `---------------'
+    __________________________________________________________________________
+
+            ,-------------------------------,  g2<=c2, (g2>=c1)
+            |cache1                   cache2|  cdr=buf[:g2-c1]
+            `-------------------------------'  dl car; g1-512K:c1
+    ,---------------,
+    |get1       get2|
+    `---------------'
+    __________________________________________________________________________
+
+            ,-------------------------------,  g1>=c1, (g1<=c2)
+            |cache1                   cache2|  car=buf[c2-g1:]
+            `-------------------------------'  dl cdr; c2:c2+1M
+                                    ,---------------,
+                                    |get1       get2|
+                                    `---------------'
+    """
+
+    def get_cached_file(self, path, get1, get2, file_sz):
+        car = None
+        cdr = None
+        ncn = -1
+        # with self.filecache_mtx:
+        if True:
+            dbg("cache request from {} to {}, size {}".format(get1, get2, file_sz))
+            for cn in self.filecache:
+                ncn += 1
+
+                cache_path, cache1 = cn.tag
+                if cache_path != path:
+                    continue
+
+                cache2 = cache1 + len(cn.data)
+                if get2 <= cache1 or get1 >= cache2:
+                    continue
+
+                if get1 >= cache1 and get2 <= cache2:
+                    # keep cache entry alive by moving it to the end
+                    self.filecache = (
+                        self.filecache[:ncn] + self.filecache[ncn + 1 :] + [cn]
+                    )
+                    buf_ofs = get1 - cache1
+                    buf_end = buf_ofs + (get2 - get1)
+                    dbg(
+                        "found all ({}, {} to {}, len {}) [{}:{}] = {}".format(
+                            ncn,
+                            cache1,
+                            cache2,
+                            len(cn.data),
+                            buf_ofs,
+                            buf_end,
+                            buf_end - buf_ofs,
+                        )
+                    )
+                    return cn.data[buf_ofs:buf_end]
+
+                if get2 < cache2:
+                    x = cn.data[: get2 - cache1]
+                    if not cdr or len(cdr) < len(x):
+                        dbg(
+                            "found car ({}, {} to {}, len {}) [:{}-{}] = [:{}] = {}".format(
+                                ncn,
+                                cache1,
+                                cache2,
+                                len(cn.data),
+                                get2,
+                                cache1,
+                                get2 - cache1,
+                                len(x),
+                            )
+                        )
+                        cdr = x
+
+                    continue
+
+                if get1 > cache1:
+                    x = cn.data[-(cache2 - get1) :]
+                    if not car or len(car) < len(x):
+                        dbg(
+                            "found cdr ({}, {} to {}, len {}) [-({}-{}):] = [-{}:] = {}".format(
+                                ncn,
+                                cache1,
+                                cache2,
+                                len(cn.data),
+                                cache2,
+                                get1,
+                                cache2 - get1,
+                                len(x),
+                            )
+                        )
+                        car = x
+
+                    continue
+
+                raise Exception("what")
+
+        if car and cdr:
+            dbg("<cache> have both")
+
+            ret = car + cdr
+            if len(ret) == get2 - get1:
+                return ret
+
+            raise Exception("{} + {} != {} - {}".format(len(car), len(cdr), get2, get1))
+
+        elif cdr:
+            h_end = get1 + (get2 - get1) - len(cdr)
+            h_ofs = h_end - 512 * 1024
+
+            if h_ofs < 0:
+                h_ofs = 0
+
+            buf_ofs = (get2 - get1) - len(cdr)
+
+            dbg(
+                "<cache> cdr {}, car {}-{}={} [-{}:]".format(
+                    len(cdr), h_ofs, h_end, h_end - h_ofs, buf_ofs
+                )
+            )
+
+            buf = self.gw.download_file_range(path, h_ofs, h_end)
+            ret = buf[-buf_ofs:] + cdr
+
+        elif car:
+            h_ofs = get1 + len(car)
+            h_end = h_ofs + 1024 * 1024
+
+            if h_end > file_sz:
+                h_end = file_sz
+
+            buf_ofs = (get2 - get1) - len(car)
+
+            dbg(
+                "<cache> car {}, cdr {}-{}={} [:{}]".format(
+                    len(car), h_ofs, h_end, h_end - h_ofs, buf_ofs
+                )
+            )
+
+            buf = self.gw.download_file_range(path, h_ofs, h_end)
+            ret = car + buf[:buf_ofs]
+
+        else:
+            h_ofs = get1 - 256 * 1024
+            h_end = get2 + 1024 * 1024
+
+            if h_ofs < 0:
+                h_ofs = 0
+
+            if h_end > file_sz:
+                h_end = file_sz
+
+            buf_ofs = get1 - h_ofs
+            buf_end = buf_ofs + get2 - get1
+
+            dbg(
+                "<cache> {}-{}={} [{}:{}]".format(
+                    h_ofs, h_end, h_end - h_ofs, buf_ofs, buf_end
+                )
+            )
+
+            buf = self.gw.download_file_range(path, h_ofs, h_end)
+            ret = buf[buf_ofs:buf_end]
+
+        cn = CacheNode([path, h_ofs], buf)
+        # with self.filecache_mtx:
+        if True:
+            if len(self.filecache) > 6:
+                self.filecache = self.filecache[1:] + [cn]
+            else:
+                self.filecache.append(cn)
+
+        return ret
+
+    def _readdir(self, path):
+        path = path.strip("/")
+        log("readdir {}".format(path))
+
+        ret = self.gw.listdir(path)
+
+        # with self.dircache_mtx:
+        if True:
+            cn = CacheNode(path, ret)
+            self.dircache.append(cn)
+            self.clean_dircache()
+
+        return ret
+    
+    def readdir(self, path, offset):
+        for e in self._readdir(path)[offset:]:
+            #log("yield [{}]".format(e[0]))
+            yield fuse.Direntry(e[0])
+
+    def open(self, path, flags):
+        if (flags & (os.O_RDONLY | os.O_WRONLY | os.O_RDWR)) != os.O_RDONLY:
+            return -errno.EACCES
+        
+        st = self.getattr(path)
+        try:
+            if st.st_nlink > 0:
+                return st
+        except:
+            return st  # -int(os.errcode)
+    
+    def read(self, path, length, offset, fh=None, *args):
+        if args:
+            log("unexpected args [" + "] [".join(repr(x) for x in args) + "]")
+            raise Exception()
+        
+        path = path.strip("/")
+
+        ofs2 = offset + length
+        log("read {} @ {} len {} end {}".format(path, offset, length, ofs2))
+
+        st = self.getattr(path)
+        try:
+            file_sz = st.st_size
+        except:
+            return st  # -int(os.errcode)
+        
+        if ofs2 > file_sz:
+            ofs2 = file_sz
+            log("truncate to len {} end {}".format(ofs2 - offset, ofs2))
+
+        if file_sz == 0 or offset >= ofs2:
+            return b""
+
+        # toggle cache here i suppose
+        # return self.get_cached_file(path, offset, ofs2, file_sz)
+        return self.gw.download_file_range(path, offset, ofs2)
+
+    def getattr(self, path):
+        log("getattr [{}]".format(path))
+
+        path = path.strip("/")
+        try:
+            dirpath, fname = path.rsplit("/", 1)
+        except:
+            dirpath = ""
+            fname = path
+
+        if not path:
+            ret = self.gw.stat_dir(time.time())
+            log("=root")
+            return ret
+
+        cn = self.get_cached_dir(dirpath)
+        if cn:
+            log("cache ok")
+            dents = cn.data
+        else:
+            log("cache miss")
+            dents = self._readdir(dirpath)
+
+        for cache_name, cache_stat, _ in dents:
+            if cache_name == fname:
+                log("=file")
+                return cache_stat
+
+        log("=404")
+        return -errno.ENOENT
+
+
+def main():
+    server = CPPF()
+    server.parser.add_option(mountopt="url", metavar="BASE_URL", default='http://127.0.0.1:3923/')
+    server.parse(values=server, errex=1)
+    server.init2()
+    server.main()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()