Add support for mounting from /etc/fstab

Fixes: #92.

ChangeLog.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Unreleased Changes
 ------------------
 
+* Add support for mounting from /etc/fstab
 * Dropped support for building with autotools.
 * Added missing options to man page.
 

meson.build

@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ else
     message('rst2man not found, not building manual page.')
 endif
 
+meson.add_install_script('utils/install_helper.sh',
+                         get_option('sbindir'),
+                         get_option('bindir'))
+
 
 subdir('test')
 

sshfs.rst

@@ -253,6 +253,14 @@ without SSHFS being informed about that. As a workaround, you can try
 to mount with ``-o ServerAliveInterval=15``. This will force the SSH
 connection to stay alive even if you have no activity.
 
+Mounting from /etc/fstab
+========================
+
+To mount an SSHFS filesystem from ``/etc/fstab``, simply use ``sshfs`
+as the file system type. (For backwards compatibility, you may also
+use ``fuse.sshfs``).
+
+
 See also
 ========
 

utils/install_helper.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Don't call this script. It is used internally by the Meson
+# build system. Thank you for your cooperation.
+#
+
+set -e
+
+bindir="$2"
+sbindir="$1"
+prefix="${MESON_INSTALL_DESTDIR_PREFIX}"
+
+mkdir -p "${prefix}/${sbindir}"
+
+ln -svf --relative "${prefix}/${bindir}/sshfs" \
+   "${prefix}/${sbindir}/mount.sshfs"
+
+ln -svf --relative "${prefix}/${bindir}/sshfs" \
+   "${prefix}/${sbindir}/mount.fuse.sshfs"