1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/weed/filesys/wfs.go b/weed/filesys/wfs.go
index f0716b650..583cd34f3 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/wfs.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/wfs.go
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 package filesys
 
-import "bazil.org/fuse/fs"
+import (
+	"bazil.org/fuse/fs"
+	"fmt"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer"
+)
 
 type WFS struct {
 	filer string
@@ -15,3 +20,16 @@ func NewSeaweedFileSystem(filer string) *WFS {
 func (wfs *WFS) Root() (fs.Node, error) {
 	return &Dir{Path: "/", wfs: wfs}, nil
 }
+
+func (wfs *WFS) withFilerClient(fn func(filer.SeaweedFilerClient) error) error {
+
+	grpcConnection, err := grpc.Dial(wfs.filer, grpc.WithInsecure())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("fail to dial %s: %v", wfs.filer, err)
+	}
+	defer grpcConnection.Close()
+
+	client := filer.NewSeaweedFilerClient(grpcConnection)
+
+	return fn(client)
+}