Truncated files using MacFuse
I use TextMate do write code on my iMac at work and I’ve noticed an intermittent issue whereby some files appear to be truncated when opening code from a remote source that I’ve mounted as a local volume. I first noticed the issue a while ago whilst using MacFusion to mount external disks as a local volume so that I can open projects and work on them as if they existed locally in TextMate. At first, I couldn’t quite understand why the files had been truncated, only ever seeming to chop off the last 2.5 lines or so, and only on certain files. Further investigation showed that the actual files had not been truncated, it was just appearing that way when opening them across the MacFusion connection (be it in any text editor).
I stopped using MacFusion for a while and have recently started using Transmit 4 by Panic as this also allows me to mount external disks as local volumes, thus cutting out the need to FTP files back and forth! However, I have found that the truncating problem also seems to crop up using the new software!
A fix?
It became apparent that both MacFusion and Transmit 4 utilise another piece of software in order to mount external volumes, MacFuse. So, I downloaded installed the latest version of the MacFuse software and (fingers crossed) this does seem to have resolved the issue with truncated files!
I hope that this helps others that are experiencing the issue, please feel free to drop me a comment.