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fixes typo and inconsistent use of fuse-wsfs

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@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ fuse-wsfs combines libwebsockets and libfuse. It allows ot attach a remote files
## Contents
- [Motication](#Motivation)
- [Motivation](#Motivation)
- [Concept](#Concept)
- [Similar Projects](#Similar-Projects)
- [API](#API)
@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ Some use cases, such as firmware update, require to transfer (larger) files to t
2. copied to locally, e.g. /tmp
3. uncompressed, also to /tmp
Techniques like [SquashFS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SquashFS) helps to avoid the third step, since the upgrade file can be mounted directly. [RAUC](https://rauc.io/) shows the use of SquashFS within an update facility.
Techniques like [SquashFS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SquashFS) help to avoid the third step, since the upgrade file can be mounted directly. [RAUC](https://rauc.io/) shows the use of SquashFS within an update facility.
However at least one (unecessary) copy of the upload file is needed on the device.
To avoid Steps 1 and 2, it would be great to keep the update file entirely in web server, just like [NFS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_File_System) or [WebDAV](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WebDAV). Unfortunately, NFS is not based on any protocol, natively usable by a web application. WebDAV is based on HTTP, but it needs a server providing the update file.
Fuse WSFS solves this problem by using the [WebSocket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSocket) protocol. The emdedded device runs a service, known as WSFS adapter, awaiting incoming connections, e.g. from a web browser. The browser acts as a file system provider, providing the update file to the device.
fuse-wsfs solves this problem by using the [WebSocket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSocket) protocol. The emdedded device runs a service, known as WSFS adapter, awaiting incoming connections, e.g. from a web browser. The browser acts as a file system provider, providing the update file to the device.
## Concecpt
@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Currently all requests are initiated by wsfs daemon and responded by filesystem
[davfs2](http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/davfs2) is a Linux file system driver that allows to mount a [WebDAV](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WebDAV) resource. WebDAV is an extension to HTTP/1.1 that allows remote collaborative authoring of Web resources.
Unlike fuse wsfs, davfs2 mounts a remote filesystem locally, that is provided by a WebDAV server. In contrast, fuse wsfs starts a server awaiting client connections to attach the remote file system.
Unlike fuse-wsfs, davfs2 mounts a remote filesystem locally, that is provided by a WebDAV server. In contrast, fuse-wsfs starts a server awaiting client connections to attach the remote file system.
## API