feat: support Unix path backend for the SFTP provider (#3371)

Cargo.lock

@@ -5065,6 +5065,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "russh",
  "serde",
  "tokio",
+ "typed-path",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5123,6 +5124,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "russh",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
+ "typed-path",
  "yazi-config",
  "yazi-fs",
  "yazi-macro",

yazi-fs/src/file.rs

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ impl File {
 				Url::Archive { loc: Loc::saturated(to.as_os().ok()?, kind), domain }
 			}
 			UrlBuf::Sftp { domain, .. } => {
-				Url::Sftp { loc: Loc::saturated(to.as_os().ok()?, kind), domain }
+				Url::Sftp { loc: Loc::saturated(to.as_unix().ok()?, kind), domain }
 			}
 		})
 	}

yazi-fs/src/path/expand.rs

@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ fn expand_url_impl<'a>(url: Url<'a>) -> UrlCow<'a> {
 		Url::Regular(_) => UrlBuf::Regular(loc),
 		Url::Search { domain, .. } => UrlBuf::Search { loc, domain: domain.intern() },
 		Url::Archive { domain, .. } => UrlBuf::Archive { loc, domain: domain.intern() },
-		Url::Sftp { domain, .. } => UrlBuf::Sftp { loc, domain: domain.intern() },
+		Url::Sftp { domain, .. } => {
+			todo!();
+			// UrlBuf::Sftp { loc, domain: domain.intern() }
+		}
 	};
 
 	absolute_url(expanded)

yazi-sftp/Cargo.toml

@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ parking_lot = { workspace = true }
 russh       = { workspace = true }
 serde       = { workspace = true }
 tokio       = { workspace = true }
+typed-path  = { workspace = true }

yazi-sftp/src/byte_str.rs

@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-use std::{borrow::Cow, ffi::{OsStr, OsString}, ops::Deref, path::{Path, PathBuf}};
-
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-
-use crate::Error;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Default, Deserialize, Serialize)]
-pub struct ByteStr<'a>(Cow<'a, [u8]>);
-
-impl Deref for ByteStr<'_> {
-	type Target = [u8];
-
-	fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target { &self.0 }
-}
-
-impl<'a> From<&'a str> for ByteStr<'a> {
-	fn from(value: &'a str) -> Self { ByteStr(Cow::Borrowed(value.as_bytes())) }
-}
-
-impl<'a> From<&'a Self> for ByteStr<'a> {
-	fn from(value: &'a ByteStr) -> Self { ByteStr(Cow::Borrowed(&value.0)) }
-}
-
-impl PartialEq<&str> for ByteStr<'_> {
-	fn eq(&self, other: &&str) -> bool { self.0 == other.as_bytes() }
-}
-
-impl<'a> ByteStr<'a> {
-	pub fn to_os_str(&self) -> Cow<'_, OsStr> {
-		#[cfg(unix)]
-		{
-			use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
-			OsStr::from_bytes(&self.0).into()
-		}
-		#[cfg(windows)]
-		{
-			super::wtf::bytes_to_wide(self.0.as_ref())
-		}
-	}
-
-	pub fn into_os_string(self) -> OsString {
-		#[cfg(unix)]
-		{
-			use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStringExt;
-			OsString::from_vec(self.0.into_owned())
-		}
-		#[cfg(windows)]
-		{
-			match super::wtf::bytes_to_wide(self.0.as_ref()) {
-				Cow::Borrowed(_) => unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(self.0.into_owned()) }.into(),
-				Cow::Owned(s) => s,
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	pub fn to_path(&self) -> Cow<'_, Path> {
-		match self.to_os_str() {
-			Cow::Borrowed(s) => Path::new(s).into(),
-			Cow::Owned(s) => PathBuf::from(s).into(),
-		}
-	}
-
-	pub fn into_path(self) -> PathBuf {
-		match self.0 {
-			Cow::Borrowed(_) => self.to_path().into_owned(),
-			Cow::Owned(_) => self.into_os_string().into(),
-		}
-	}
-
-	pub fn join(&self, other: impl Into<Self>) -> PathBuf {
-		let other = other.into();
-		match self.to_path() {
-			Cow::Borrowed(p) => p.join(other.to_path()),
-			Cow::Owned(mut p) => {
-				p.push(other.to_path());
-				p
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	pub fn into_owned(self) -> ByteStr<'static> { ByteStr(Cow::Owned(self.0.into_owned())) }
-
-	pub(super) unsafe fn from_str_bytes_unchecked(bytes: &'a [u8]) -> Self {
-		Self(Cow::Borrowed(bytes))
-	}
-}
-
-// --- Traits
-pub trait ToByteStr<'a> {
-	fn to_byte_str(self) -> Result<ByteStr<'a>, Error>;
-}
-
-impl<'a, T> ToByteStr<'a> for &'a T
-where
-	T: AsRef<Path> + ?Sized,
-{
-	fn to_byte_str(self) -> Result<ByteStr<'a>, Error> {
-		#[cfg(unix)]
-		{
-			use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
-			Ok(ByteStr(Cow::Borrowed(self.as_ref().as_os_str().as_bytes())))
-		}
-		#[cfg(windows)]
-		{
-			super::wtf::wide_to_bytes(self.as_ref().as_os_str())
-				.ok_or(Error::custom("failed to convert wide path to bytes"))
-				.map(ByteStr)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-impl<'a> ToByteStr<'a> for &'a ByteStr<'a> {
-	fn to_byte_str(self) -> Result<ByteStr<'a>, Error> { Ok(ByteStr(Cow::Borrowed(&self.0))) }
-}

yazi-sftp/src/fs/dir_entry.rs

@@ -1,47 +1,31 @@
-use std::{borrow::Cow, ffi::OsStr, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, fs::Attrs};
+use typed_path::UnixPathBuf;
+
+use crate::fs::Attrs;
 
 pub struct DirEntry {
-	pub(super) dir:       Arc<ByteStr<'static>>,
-	pub(super) name:      ByteStr<'static>,
-	pub(super) long_name: ByteStr<'static>,
+	pub(super) dir:       Arc<typed_path::UnixPathBuf>,
+	pub(super) name:      Vec<u8>,
+	pub(super) long_name: Vec<u8>,
 	pub(super) attrs:     Attrs,
 }
 
 impl DirEntry {
 	#[must_use]
-	pub fn path(&self) -> PathBuf { self.dir.join(&self.name) }
+	pub fn path(&self) -> UnixPathBuf { self.dir.join(&self.name) }
 
-	#[must_use]
-	pub fn name(&self) -> Cow<'_, OsStr> { self.name.to_os_str() }
+	pub fn name(&self) -> &[u8] { &self.name }
 
-	#[must_use]
-	pub fn long_name(&self) -> Cow<'_, OsStr> { self.long_name.to_os_str() }
+	pub fn long_name(&self) -> &[u8] { &self.long_name }
 
 	pub fn attrs(&self) -> &Attrs { &self.attrs }
 
 	pub fn nlink(&self) -> Option<u64> { str::from_utf8(self.long_name_field(1)?).ok()?.parse().ok() }
 
-	pub fn user(&self) -> Option<Cow<'_, OsStr>> {
-		let b = self.long_name_field(2)?;
-		Some(unsafe {
-			match ByteStr::from_str_bytes_unchecked(b).to_os_str() {
-				Cow::Borrowed(_) => OsStr::from_encoded_bytes_unchecked(b).into(),
-				Cow::Owned(s) => s.into(),
-			}
-		})
-	}
+	pub fn user(&self) -> Option<&[u8]> { self.long_name_field(2) }
 
-	pub fn group(&self) -> Option<Cow<'_, OsStr>> {
-		let b = self.long_name_field(3)?;
-		Some(unsafe {
-			match ByteStr::from_str_bytes_unchecked(b).to_os_str() {
-				Cow::Borrowed(_) => OsStr::from_encoded_bytes_unchecked(b).into(),
-				Cow::Owned(s) => s.into(),
-			}
-		})
-	}
+	pub fn group(&self) -> Option<&[u8]> { self.long_name_field(3) }
 
 	fn long_name_field(&self, n: usize) -> Option<&[u8]> {
 		self.long_name.split(|b| b.is_ascii_whitespace()).filter(|s| !s.is_empty()).nth(n)

yazi-sftp/src/fs/read_dir.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use std::{mem, sync::Arc};
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, Error, Session, fs::DirEntry, requests, responses};
+use crate::{Error, Session, SftpPath, fs::DirEntry, requests, responses};
 
 pub struct ReadDir {
 	session: Arc<Session>,
-	dir:     Arc<ByteStr<'static>>,
+	dir:     Arc<typed_path::UnixPathBuf>,
 	handle:  String,
 
 	name:   responses::Name<'static>,
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub struct ReadDir {
 }
 
 impl ReadDir {
-	pub(crate) fn new(session: &Arc<Session>, dir: ByteStr, handle: String) -> Self {
+	pub(crate) fn new(session: &Arc<Session>, dir: SftpPath, handle: String) -> Self {
 		Self {
 			session: session.clone(),
 			dir: Arc::new(dir.into_owned()),
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ impl ReadDir {
 			};
 
 			self.cursor += 1;
-			if item.name != "." && item.name != ".." {
+			if &*item.name != b"." && &*item.name != b".." {
 				return Ok(Some(DirEntry {
 					dir:       self.dir.clone(),
-					name:      item.name,
-					long_name: item.long_name,
+					name:      item.name.into_owned(),
+					long_name: item.long_name.into_owned(),
 					attrs:     item.attrs,
 				}));
 			}

yazi-sftp/src/lib.rs

@@ -4,23 +4,21 @@ pub mod fs;
 pub mod requests;
 pub mod responses;
 
-mod byte_str;
 mod de;
 mod error;
 mod id;
 mod macros;
 mod operator;
 mod packet;
+mod path;
 mod ser;
 mod session;
-#[cfg(windows)]
-mod wtf;
 
-pub use byte_str::*;
 pub(crate) use de::*;
 pub use error::*;
 pub(crate) use id::*;
 pub use operator::*;
 pub use packet::*;
+pub use path::*;
 pub(crate) use ser::*;
 pub use session::*;

yazi-sftp/src/operator.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-use std::{ops::Deref, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
+use std::{ops::Deref, sync::Arc};
 
 use russh::{ChannelStream, client::Msg};
 use tokio::sync::oneshot;
+use typed_path::UnixPathBuf;
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, Error, Packet, Session, ToByteStr, fs::{Attrs, File, Flags, ReadDir}, requests, responses};
+use crate::{AsSftpPath, Error, Packet, Session, SftpPath, fs::{Attrs, File, Flags, ReadDir}, requests, responses};
 
 pub struct Operator(Arc<Session>);
 
@@ -28,9 +29,9 @@ impl Operator {
 
 	pub async fn open<'a, P>(&self, path: P, flags: Flags, attrs: &'a Attrs) -> Result<File, Error>
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		let handle: responses::Handle = self.send(requests::Open::new(path, flags, attrs)?).await?;
+		let handle: responses::Handle = self.send(requests::Open::new(path, flags, attrs)).await?;
 
 		Ok(File::new(&self.0, handle.handle))
 	}
@@ -59,9 +60,9 @@ impl Operator {
 
 	pub async fn lstat<'a, P>(&self, path: P) -> Result<Attrs, Error>
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		let attrs: responses::Attrs = self.send(requests::Lstat::new(path)?).await?;
+		let attrs: responses::Attrs = self.send(requests::Lstat::new(path)).await?;
 		Ok(attrs.attrs)
 	}
 
@@ -72,9 +73,9 @@ impl Operator {
 
 	pub async fn setstat<'a, P>(&self, path: P, attrs: Attrs) -> Result<(), Error>
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		let status: responses::Status = self.send(requests::SetStat::new(path, attrs)?).await?;
+		let status: responses::Status = self.send(requests::SetStat::new(path, attrs)).await?;
 		status.into()
 	}
 
@@ -85,100 +86,100 @@ impl Operator {
 
 	pub async fn read_dir<'a, P>(&'a self, dir: P) -> Result<ReadDir, Error>
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		let dir: ByteStr = dir.to_byte_str()?;
-		let handle: responses::Handle = self.send(requests::OpenDir::new(&dir)?).await?;
+		let dir: SftpPath = dir.as_sftp_path();
+		let handle: responses::Handle = self.send(requests::OpenDir::new(&dir)).await?;
 
 		Ok(ReadDir::new(&self.0, dir, handle.handle))
 	}
 
 	pub async fn remove<'a, P>(&self, path: P) -> Result<(), Error>
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		let status: responses::Status = self.send(requests::Remove::new(path)?).await?;
+		let status: responses::Status = self.send(requests::Remove::new(path)).await?;
 		status.into()
 	}
 
 	pub async fn mkdir<'a, P>(&self, path: P, attrs: Attrs) -> Result<(), Error>
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		let status: responses::Status = self.send(requests::Mkdir::new(path, attrs)?).await?;
+		let status: responses::Status = self.send(requests::Mkdir::new(path, attrs)).await?;
 		status.into()
 	}
 
 	pub async fn rmdir<'a, P>(&self, path: P) -> Result<(), Error>
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		let status: responses::Status = self.send(requests::Rmdir::new(path)?).await?;
+		let status: responses::Status = self.send(requests::Rmdir::new(path)).await?;
 		status.into()
 	}
 
-	pub async fn realpath<'a, P>(&self, path: P) -> Result<PathBuf, Error>
+	pub async fn realpath<'a, P>(&self, path: P) -> Result<UnixPathBuf, Error>
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		let mut name: responses::Name = self.send(requests::Realpath::new(path)?).await?;
+		let mut name: responses::Name = self.send(requests::Realpath::new(path)).await?;
 		if name.items.is_empty() {
 			Err(Error::custom("realpath returned no names"))
 		} else {
-			Ok(name.items.swap_remove(0).name.into_path())
+			Ok(name.items.swap_remove(0).name.into_owned().into())
 		}
 	}
 
 	pub async fn stat<'a, P>(&self, path: P) -> Result<Attrs, Error>
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		let attrs: responses::Attrs = self.send(requests::Stat::new(path)?).await?;
+		let attrs: responses::Attrs = self.send(requests::Stat::new(path)).await?;
 		Ok(attrs.attrs)
 	}
 
 	pub async fn rename<'a, F, T>(&self, from: F, to: T) -> Result<(), Error>
 	where
-		F: ToByteStr<'a>,
-		T: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		F: AsSftpPath<'a>,
+		T: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		let status: responses::Status = self.send(requests::Rename::new(from, to)?).await?;
+		let status: responses::Status = self.send(requests::Rename::new(from, to)).await?;
 		status.into()
 	}
 
 	pub async fn rename_posix<'a, F, T>(&self, from: F, to: T) -> Result<(), Error>
 	where
-		F: ToByteStr<'a>,
-		T: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		F: AsSftpPath<'a>,
+		T: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
 		if self.extensions.lock().get("posix-rename@openssh.com").is_none_or(|s| s != "1") {
 			return Err(Error::Unsupported);
 		}
 
-		let data = requests::ExtendedRename::new(from, to)?;
+		let data = requests::ExtendedRename::new(from, to);
 		let status: responses::Status =
 			self.send(requests::Extended::new("posix-rename@openssh.com", data)).await?;
 		status.into()
 	}
 
-	pub async fn readlink<'a, P>(&self, path: P) -> Result<PathBuf, Error>
+	pub async fn readlink<'a, P>(&self, path: P) -> Result<UnixPathBuf, Error>
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		let mut name: responses::Name = self.send(requests::Readlink::new(path)?).await?;
+		let mut name: responses::Name = self.send(requests::Readlink::new(path)).await?;
 		if name.items.is_empty() {
 			Err(Error::custom("readlink returned no names"))
 		} else {
-			Ok(name.items.swap_remove(0).name.into_path())
+			Ok(name.items.swap_remove(0).name.into_owned().into())
 		}
 	}
 
 	pub async fn symlink<'a, L, O>(&self, original: O, link: L) -> Result<(), Error>
 	where
-		O: ToByteStr<'a>,
-		L: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		O: AsSftpPath<'a>,
+		L: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		let status: responses::Status = self.send(requests::Symlink::new(original, link)?).await?;
+		let status: responses::Status = self.send(requests::Symlink::new(original, link)).await?;
 		status.into()
 	}
 
@@ -193,14 +194,14 @@ impl Operator {
 
 	pub async fn hardlink<'a, O, L>(&self, original: O, link: L) -> Result<(), Error>
 	where
-		O: ToByteStr<'a>,
-		L: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		O: AsSftpPath<'a>,
+		L: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
 		if self.extensions.lock().get("hardlink@openssh.com").is_none_or(|s| s != "1") {
 			return Err(Error::Unsupported);
 		}
 
-		let data = requests::ExtendedHardlink::new(original, link)?;
+		let data = requests::ExtendedHardlink::new(original, link);
 		let status: responses::Status =
 			self.send(requests::Extended::new("hardlink@openssh.com", data)).await?;
 		status.into()

yazi-sftp/src/path.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+use std::{borrow::Cow, ops::Deref};
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum SftpPath<'a> {
+	Borrowed(&'a typed_path::UnixPath),
+	Owned(typed_path::UnixPathBuf),
+}
+
+impl Deref for SftpPath<'_> {
+	type Target = typed_path::UnixPath;
+
+	fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+		match self {
+			SftpPath::Borrowed(p) => p,
+			SftpPath::Owned(p) => p.as_path(),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl Default for SftpPath<'_> {
+	fn default() -> Self { SftpPath::Borrowed(typed_path::UnixPath::new("")) }
+}
+
+impl<'a> From<&'a Self> for SftpPath<'a> {
+	fn from(value: &'a SftpPath) -> Self { SftpPath::Borrowed(value) }
+}
+
+impl<'a> From<Cow<'a, [u8]>> for SftpPath<'a> {
+	fn from(value: Cow<'a, [u8]>) -> Self {
+		match value {
+			Cow::Borrowed(b) => Self::Borrowed(typed_path::UnixPath::new(b)),
+			Cow::Owned(b) => SftpPath::Owned(typed_path::UnixPathBuf::from(b)),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl Serialize for SftpPath<'_> {
+	fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+	where
+		S: serde::Serializer,
+	{
+		serializer.serialize_bytes(self.as_bytes())
+	}
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for SftpPath<'_> {
+	fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+	where
+		D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+	{
+		let cow = <Cow<'de, [u8]>>::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+		Ok(Self::Owned(cow.into_owned().into()))
+	}
+}
+
+impl<'a> SftpPath<'a> {
+	pub fn len(&self) -> usize { self.as_bytes().len() }
+
+	pub fn into_owned(self) -> typed_path::UnixPathBuf {
+		match self {
+			SftpPath::Borrowed(p) => p.to_owned(),
+			SftpPath::Owned(p) => p,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// --- Traits
+pub trait AsSftpPath<'a> {
+	fn as_sftp_path(self) -> SftpPath<'a>;
+}
+
+impl<'a, T> AsSftpPath<'a> for &'a T
+where
+	T: ?Sized + AsRef<typed_path::UnixPath>,
+{
+	fn as_sftp_path(self) -> SftpPath<'a> { SftpPath::Borrowed(self.as_ref()) }
+}
+
+impl<'a> AsSftpPath<'a> for &'a SftpPath<'a> {
+	fn as_sftp_path(self) -> SftpPath<'a> { SftpPath::Borrowed(self) }
+}

yazi-sftp/src/requests/extended.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::{borrow::Cow, fmt::Debug};
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, Error, ToByteStr};
+use crate::{AsSftpPath, SftpPath};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Extended<'a, D> {
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ pub trait ExtendedData: Debug + Serialize + for<'de> Deserialize<'de> {
 // --- POSIX Rename
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct ExtendedRename<'a> {
-	pub from: ByteStr<'a>,
-	pub to:   ByteStr<'a>,
+	pub from: SftpPath<'a>,
+	pub to:   SftpPath<'a>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> ExtendedRename<'a> {
-	pub fn new<F, T>(from: F, to: T) -> Result<Self, Error>
+	pub fn new<F, T>(from: F, to: T) -> Self
 	where
-		F: ToByteStr<'a>,
-		T: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		F: AsSftpPath<'a>,
+		T: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		Ok(Self { from: from.to_byte_str()?, to: to.to_byte_str()? })
+		Self { from: from.as_sftp_path(), to: to.as_sftp_path() }
 	}
 }
 
@@ -65,17 +65,17 @@ impl ExtendedData for ExtendedFsync<'_> {
 // --- Hardlink
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct ExtendedHardlink<'a> {
-	pub original: ByteStr<'a>,
-	pub link:     ByteStr<'a>,
+	pub original: SftpPath<'a>,
+	pub link:     SftpPath<'a>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> ExtendedHardlink<'a> {
-	pub fn new<O, L>(original: O, link: L) -> Result<Self, Error>
+	pub fn new<O, L>(original: O, link: L) -> Self
 	where
-		O: ToByteStr<'a>,
-		L: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		O: AsSftpPath<'a>,
+		L: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		Ok(Self { original: original.to_byte_str()?, link: link.to_byte_str()? })
+		Self { original: original.as_sftp_path(), link: link.as_sftp_path() }
 	}
 }
 

yazi-sftp/src/requests/lstat.rs

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, Error, ToByteStr};
+use crate::{AsSftpPath, SftpPath};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Lstat<'a> {
 	pub id:   u32,
-	pub path: ByteStr<'a>,
+	pub path: SftpPath<'a>,
 }
 
 impl Lstat<'_> {
-	pub fn new<'a, P>(path: P) -> Result<Lstat<'a>, Error>
+	pub fn new<'a, P>(path: P) -> Lstat<'a>
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		Ok(Lstat { id: 0, path: path.to_byte_str()? })
+		Lstat { id: 0, path: path.as_sftp_path() }
 	}
 
 	pub fn len(&self) -> usize { size_of_val(&self.id) + 4 + self.path.len() }

yazi-sftp/src/requests/mkdir.rs

@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, Error, ToByteStr, fs::Attrs};
+use crate::{AsSftpPath, SftpPath, fs::Attrs};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Mkdir<'a> {
 	pub id:    u32,
-	pub path:  ByteStr<'a>,
+	pub path:  SftpPath<'a>,
 	pub attrs: Attrs,
 }
 
 impl<'a> Mkdir<'a> {
-	pub fn new<P>(path: P, attrs: Attrs) -> Result<Self, Error>
+	pub fn new<P>(path: P, attrs: Attrs) -> Self
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		Ok(Self { id: 0, path: path.to_byte_str()?, attrs })
+		Self { id: 0, path: path.as_sftp_path(), attrs }
 	}
 
 	pub fn len(&self) -> usize { size_of_val(&self.id) + 4 + self.path.len() + self.attrs.len() }

yazi-sftp/src/requests/open.rs

@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, Error, ToByteStr, fs::{Attrs, Flags}};
+use crate::{AsSftpPath, SftpPath, fs::{Attrs, Flags}};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Open<'a> {
 	pub id:    u32,
-	pub path:  ByteStr<'a>,
+	pub path:  SftpPath<'a>,
 	pub flags: Flags,
 	pub attrs: Cow<'a, Attrs>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> Open<'a> {
-	pub fn new<P>(path: P, flags: Flags, attrs: &'a Attrs) -> Result<Self, Error>
+	pub fn new<P>(path: P, flags: Flags, attrs: &'a Attrs) -> Self
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		Ok(Self { id: 0, path: path.to_byte_str()?, flags, attrs: Cow::Borrowed(attrs) })
+		Self { id: 0, path: path.as_sftp_path(), flags, attrs: Cow::Borrowed(attrs) }
 	}
 
 	pub fn len(&self) -> usize {

yazi-sftp/src/requests/open_dir.rs

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, Error, ToByteStr};
+use crate::{AsSftpPath, SftpPath};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct OpenDir<'a> {
 	pub id:   u32,
-	pub path: ByteStr<'a>,
+	pub path: SftpPath<'a>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> OpenDir<'a> {
-	pub fn new<P>(path: P) -> Result<Self, Error>
+	pub fn new<P>(path: P) -> Self
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		Ok(Self { id: 0, path: path.to_byte_str()? })
+		Self { id: 0, path: path.as_sftp_path() }
 	}
 
 	pub fn len(&self) -> usize { size_of_val(&self.id) + 4 + self.path.len() }

yazi-sftp/src/requests/readlink.rs

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, Error, ToByteStr};
+use crate::{AsSftpPath, SftpPath};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Readlink<'a> {
 	pub id:   u32,
-	pub path: ByteStr<'a>,
+	pub path: SftpPath<'a>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> Readlink<'a> {
-	pub fn new<P>(path: P) -> Result<Self, Error>
+	pub fn new<P>(path: P) -> Self
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		Ok(Self { id: 0, path: path.to_byte_str()? })
+		Self { id: 0, path: path.as_sftp_path() }
 	}
 
 	pub fn len(&self) -> usize { size_of_val(&self.id) + 4 + self.path.len() }

yazi-sftp/src/requests/realpath.rs

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, Error, ToByteStr};
+use crate::{AsSftpPath, SftpPath};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Realpath<'a> {
 	pub id:   u32,
-	pub path: ByteStr<'a>,
+	pub path: SftpPath<'a>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> Realpath<'a> {
-	pub fn new<P>(path: P) -> Result<Self, Error>
+	pub fn new<P>(path: P) -> Self
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		Ok(Self { id: 0, path: path.to_byte_str()? })
+		Self { id: 0, path: path.as_sftp_path() }
 	}
 
 	pub fn len(&self) -> usize { size_of_val(&self.id) + 4 + self.path.len() }

yazi-sftp/src/requests/remove.rs

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, Error, ToByteStr};
+use crate::{AsSftpPath, SftpPath};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Remove<'a> {
 	pub id:   u32,
-	pub path: ByteStr<'a>,
+	pub path: SftpPath<'a>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> Remove<'a> {
-	pub fn new<P>(path: P) -> Result<Self, Error>
+	pub fn new<P>(path: P) -> Self
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		Ok(Self { id: 0, path: path.to_byte_str()? })
+		Self { id: 0, path: path.as_sftp_path() }
 	}
 
 	pub fn len(&self) -> usize { size_of_val(&self.id) + 4 + self.path.len() }

yazi-sftp/src/requests/rename.rs

@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, Error, ToByteStr};
+use crate::{AsSftpPath, SftpPath};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Rename<'a> {
 	pub id:   u32,
-	pub from: ByteStr<'a>,
-	pub to:   ByteStr<'a>,
+	pub from: SftpPath<'a>,
+	pub to:   SftpPath<'a>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> Rename<'a> {
-	pub fn new<F, T>(from: F, to: T) -> Result<Self, Error>
+	pub fn new<F, T>(from: F, to: T) -> Self
 	where
-		F: ToByteStr<'a>,
-		T: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		F: AsSftpPath<'a>,
+		T: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		Ok(Self { id: 0, from: from.to_byte_str()?, to: to.to_byte_str()? })
+		Self { id: 0, from: from.as_sftp_path(), to: to.as_sftp_path() }
 	}
 
 	pub fn len(&self) -> usize { size_of_val(&self.id) + 4 + self.from.len() + 4 + self.to.len() }

yazi-sftp/src/requests/rmdir.rs

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, Error, ToByteStr};
+use crate::{AsSftpPath, SftpPath};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Rmdir<'a> {
 	pub id:   u32,
-	pub path: ByteStr<'a>,
+	pub path: SftpPath<'a>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> Rmdir<'a> {
-	pub fn new<P>(path: P) -> Result<Self, Error>
+	pub fn new<P>(path: P) -> Self
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		Ok(Self { id: 0, path: path.to_byte_str()? })
+		Self { id: 0, path: path.as_sftp_path() }
 	}
 
 	pub fn len(&self) -> usize { size_of_val(&self.id) + 4 + self.path.len() }

yazi-sftp/src/requests/set_stat.rs

@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, Error, ToByteStr, fs::Attrs};
+use crate::{AsSftpPath, SftpPath, fs::Attrs};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct SetStat<'a> {
 	pub id:    u32,
-	pub path:  ByteStr<'a>,
+	pub path:  SftpPath<'a>,
 	pub attrs: Attrs,
 }
 
 impl<'a> SetStat<'a> {
-	pub fn new<P>(path: P, attrs: Attrs) -> Result<Self, Error>
+	pub fn new<P>(path: P, attrs: Attrs) -> Self
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		Ok(Self { id: 0, path: path.to_byte_str()?, attrs })
+		Self { id: 0, path: path.as_sftp_path(), attrs }
 	}
 
 	pub fn len(&self) -> usize { size_of_val(&self.id) + 4 + self.path.len() + self.attrs.len() }

yazi-sftp/src/requests/stat.rs

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, Error, ToByteStr};
+use crate::{AsSftpPath, SftpPath};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Stat<'a> {
 	pub id:   u32,
-	pub path: ByteStr<'a>,
+	pub path: SftpPath<'a>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> Stat<'a> {
-	pub fn new<P>(path: P) -> Result<Self, Error>
+	pub fn new<P>(path: P) -> Self
 	where
-		P: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		P: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		Ok(Self { id: 0, path: path.to_byte_str()? })
+		Self { id: 0, path: path.as_sftp_path() }
 	}
 
 	pub fn len(&self) -> usize { size_of_val(&self.id) + 4 + self.path.len() }

yazi-sftp/src/requests/symlink.rs

@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, Error, ToByteStr};
+use crate::{AsSftpPath, SftpPath};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Symlink<'a> {
 	pub id:       u32,
-	pub link:     ByteStr<'a>,
-	pub original: ByteStr<'a>,
+	pub link:     SftpPath<'a>,
+	pub original: SftpPath<'a>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> Symlink<'a> {
-	pub fn new<L, O>(link: L, original: O) -> Result<Self, Error>
+	pub fn new<L, O>(link: L, original: O) -> Self
 	where
-		L: ToByteStr<'a>,
-		O: ToByteStr<'a>,
+		L: AsSftpPath<'a>,
+		O: AsSftpPath<'a>,
 	{
-		Ok(Self { id: 0, link: link.to_byte_str()?, original: original.to_byte_str()? })
+		Self { id: 0, link: link.as_sftp_path(), original: original.as_sftp_path() }
 	}
 
 	pub fn len(&self) -> usize {

yazi-sftp/src/responses/extended.rs

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl Serialize for ExtendedData<'_> {
 		S: serde::Serializer,
 	{
 		let mut seq = serializer.serialize_seq(None)?;
-		for b in self.0.as_ref() {
+		for b in &*self.0 {
 			seq.serialize_element(b)?;
 		}
 		seq.end()

yazi-sftp/src/responses/name.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::{ByteStr, fs::Attrs};
+use crate::fs::Attrs;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Name<'a> {
@@ -10,8 +12,8 @@ pub struct Name<'a> {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct NameItem<'a> {
-	pub name:      ByteStr<'a>,
-	pub long_name: ByteStr<'a>,
+	pub name:      Cow<'a, [u8]>,
+	pub long_name: Cow<'a, [u8]>,
 	pub attrs:     Attrs,
 }
 

yazi-sftp/src/wtf.rs

@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-use std::{borrow::Cow, ffi::{OsStr, OsString}, os::windows::ffi::{OsStrExt, OsStringExt}};
-
-pub(super) fn bytes_to_wide(mut bytes: &[u8]) -> Cow<'_, OsStr> {
-	let mut wide: Option<Vec<u16>> = None;
-	while !bytes.is_empty() {
-		match (str::from_utf8(bytes), &mut wide) {
-			(Ok(valid), None) => {
-				return OsStr::new(valid).into();
-			}
-			(Ok(valid), Some(wide)) => {
-				for ch in valid.chars() {
-					wide.extend(ch.encode_utf16(&mut [0u16; 2]).iter());
-				}
-				break;
-			}
-			(Err(err), _) => {
-				let wide = wide.get_or_insert_with(|| Vec::with_capacity(bytes.len()));
-
-				let valid = unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(&bytes[..err.valid_up_to()]) };
-				for c in valid.chars() {
-					wide.extend(c.encode_utf16(&mut [0u16; 2]).iter());
-				}
-				bytes = &bytes[valid.len()..];
-
-				let invalid = err.error_len().unwrap_or(bytes.len());
-				for &b in &bytes[..invalid] {
-					wide.push(0xdc00 + b as u16);
-				}
-				bytes = &bytes[invalid..];
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	OsString::from_wide(&wide.unwrap_or_default()).into()
-}
-
-pub(super) fn wide_to_bytes(wide: &OsStr) -> Option<Cow<'_, [u8]>> {
-	if let Some(s) = wide.to_str() {
-		return Some(s.as_bytes().into());
-	}
-
-	let mut it = wide.encode_wide();
-	let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(wide.len());
-
-	while let Some(w) = it.next() {
-		if (0xdc00..=0xdcff).contains(&w) {
-			out.push((w - 0xdc00) as u8);
-		} else if (0xd800..=0xdbff).contains(&w) {
-			let x = it.next().filter(|x| (0xdc00..=0xdfff).contains(x))?;
-			let c = char::from_u32(0x10000 + (((w as u32 - 0xd800) << 10) | (x as u32 - 0xdc00)))?;
-			out.extend_from_slice(c.encode_utf8(&mut [0u8; 4]).as_bytes());
-		} else if (0xdc00..=0xdfff).contains(&w) {
-			return None;
-		} else {
-			let c = char::from_u32(w as u32)?;
-			out.extend_from_slice(c.encode_utf8(&mut [0u8; 4]).as_bytes());
-		}
-	}
-
-	Some(out.into())
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-	use super::*;
-
-	#[test]
-	fn wtf8_roundtrip() {
-		let b = &[
-			b'\0', // NUL
-			0xff,  // 0xFF
-			b'a', b'b', b'c', // abc
-			0xf0, 0x9f, 0x98, 0x80, // 😀
-			0xc3, 0x28, // illegal UTF-8
-		];
-		assert_eq!(&*wide_to_bytes(&bytes_to_wide(b)).unwrap(), b);
-	}
-
-	#[test]
-	#[cfg(windows)]
-	fn low_surrogates_for_non_utf8() {
-		use std::os::windows::ffi::OsStrExt;
-
-		let os = bytes_to_wide(b"\xFF");
-		let wide: Vec<u16> = os.encode_wide().collect();
-		assert_eq!(wide, vec![0xdc00 + 0xff]);
-	}
-}

yazi-shared/src/loc/able.rs

@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ impl<'p> LocAble<'p> for &'p std::path::Path {
 	type Strand<'a> = &'a OsStr;
 }
 
+impl<'p> LocAble<'p> for &'p typed_path::UnixPath {
+	type Components<'a> = typed_path::UnixComponents<'a>;
+	type Owned = typed_path::UnixPathBuf;
+	type Strand<'a> = &'a [u8];
+}
+
 // --- LocBufAble
 pub trait LocBufAble
 where
@@ -36,11 +42,18 @@ impl LocBufAble for std::path::PathBuf {
 	type Strand<'a> = &'a OsStr;
 }
 
+impl LocBufAble for typed_path::UnixPathBuf {
+	type Borrowed<'a> = &'a typed_path::UnixPath;
+	type Strand<'a> = &'a [u8];
+}
+
 // --- StrandAble
 pub trait StrandAble<'a>: Copy {}
 
 impl<'a> StrandAble<'a> for &'a OsStr {}
 
+impl<'a> StrandAble<'a> for &'a [u8] {}
+
 // --- LocAbleImpl
 pub(super) trait LocAbleImpl<'p>: LocAble<'p> {
 	fn as_encoded_bytes(self) -> &'p [u8];
@@ -96,6 +109,36 @@ impl<'p> LocAbleImpl<'p> for &'p std::path::Path {
 	fn to_path_buf(self) -> Self::Owned { self.to_path_buf() }
 }
 
+impl<'p> LocAbleImpl<'p> for &'p typed_path::UnixPath {
+	fn as_encoded_bytes(self) -> &'p [u8] { self.as_bytes() }
+
+	fn components(self) -> Self::Components<'p> { self.components() }
+
+	fn empty() -> Self { typed_path::UnixPath::new("") }
+
+	fn file_name(self) -> Option<Self::Strand<'p>> { self.file_name() }
+
+	unsafe fn from_encoded_bytes_unchecked(bytes: &'p [u8]) -> Self {
+		typed_path::UnixPath::new(bytes)
+	}
+
+	fn join<'a, T>(self, path: T) -> Self::Owned
+	where
+		T: AsStrandView<'a, Self::Strand<'a>>,
+	{
+		self.join(path.as_strand_view())
+	}
+
+	fn strip_prefix<'a, T>(self, base: T) -> Option<Self>
+	where
+		T: AsStrandView<'a, Self::Strand<'a>>,
+	{
+		self.strip_prefix(base.as_strand_view()).ok()
+	}
+
+	fn to_path_buf(self) -> Self::Owned { self.to_path_buf() }
+}
+
 // --- LocBufAbleImpl
 pub(super) trait LocBufAbleImpl: LocBufAble {
 	fn as_encoded_bytes(&self) -> &[u8] { self.borrow().as_encoded_bytes() }
@@ -130,6 +173,21 @@ impl LocBufAbleImpl for std::path::PathBuf {
 	}
 }
 
+impl LocBufAbleImpl for typed_path::UnixPathBuf {
+	fn borrow(&self) -> Self::Borrowed<'_> { self.as_path() }
+
+	unsafe fn from_encoded_bytes_unchecked(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Self { bytes.into() }
+
+	fn into_encoded_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> { self.into_vec() }
+
+	fn set_file_name<'a, T>(&mut self, name: T)
+	where
+		T: AsStrandView<'a, Self::Strand<'a>>,
+	{
+		self.set_file_name(name.as_strand_view())
+	}
+}
+
 // --- StrandAbleImpl
 pub(super) trait StrandAbleImpl<'a>: StrandAble<'a> {
 	fn as_encoded_bytes(self) -> &'a [u8];
@@ -140,3 +198,7 @@ pub(super) trait StrandAbleImpl<'a>: StrandAble<'a> {
 impl<'a> StrandAbleImpl<'a> for &'a OsStr {
 	fn as_encoded_bytes(self) -> &'a [u8] { self.as_encoded_bytes() }
 }
+
+impl<'a> StrandAbleImpl<'a> for &'a [u8] {
+	fn as_encoded_bytes(self) -> &'a [u8] { self }
+}

yazi-shared/src/loc/buf.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-use std::{cmp, ffi::OsStr, fmt::{self, Debug, Formatter}, hash::{Hash, Hasher}, marker::PhantomData, mem, ops::Deref, path::PathBuf};
+use std::{cmp, ffi::OsStr, fmt::{self, Debug, Formatter}, hash::{Hash, Hasher}, marker::PhantomData, mem, ops::Deref};
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 
 use crate::{loc::{Loc, LocAble, LocAbleImpl, LocBufAble, LocBufAbleImpl}, path::{AsPath, AsPathView, PathDyn, SetNameError}, scheme::SchemeKind, strand::AsStrandView};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Default, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub struct LocBuf<P = PathBuf> {
+pub struct LocBuf<P = std::path::PathBuf> {
 	pub(super) inner: P,
 	pub(super) uri:   usize,
 	pub(super) urn:   usize,
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ where
 }
 
 // FIXME: remove
-impl AsRef<std::path::Path> for LocBuf<PathBuf> {
+impl AsRef<std::path::Path> for LocBuf<std::path::PathBuf> {
 	fn as_ref(&self) -> &std::path::Path { self.inner.as_ref() }
 }
 
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ where
 	}
 }
 
-impl<T: ?Sized + AsRef<OsStr>> From<&T> for LocBuf<PathBuf> {
-	fn from(value: &T) -> Self { Self::from(PathBuf::from(value)) }
+impl<T: ?Sized + AsRef<OsStr>> From<&T> for LocBuf<std::path::PathBuf> {
+	fn from(value: &T) -> Self { Self::from(std::path::PathBuf::from(value)) }
 }
 
 impl<P> LocBuf<P>
@@ -249,13 +249,13 @@ where
 	pub fn has_trail(&self) -> bool { self.as_loc().has_trail() }
 }
 
-impl LocBuf<PathBuf> {
-	pub const fn empty() -> Self { Self { inner: PathBuf::new(), uri: 0, urn: 0 } }
+impl LocBuf<std::path::PathBuf> {
+	pub const fn empty() -> Self { Self { inner: std::path::PathBuf::new(), uri: 0, urn: 0 } }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-	use std::path::Path;
+	use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 	use super::*;
 	use crate::url::{UrlBuf, UrlLike};

yazi-shared/src/loc/loc.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{hash::{Hash, Hasher}, marker::PhantomData, ops::Deref, path::Path};
+use std::{hash::{Hash, Hasher}, marker::PhantomData, ops::Deref};
 
 use anyhow::{Result, bail};
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use super::LocAbleImpl;
 use crate::{loc::{LocAble, LocBuf, LocBufAble, StrandAbleImpl}, path::{AsPath, AsPathView, PathDyn}, scheme::SchemeKind, strand::AsStrandView};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
-pub struct Loc<'p, P = &'p Path> {
+pub struct Loc<'p, P = &'p std::path::Path> {
 	pub(super) inner:    P,
 	pub(super) uri:      usize,
 	pub(super) urn:      usize,

yazi-shared/src/path/buf.rs

@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ impl From<std::path::PathBuf> for PathBufDyn {
 	fn from(value: std::path::PathBuf) -> Self { Self::Os(value) }
 }
 
+impl From<typed_path::UnixPathBuf> for PathBufDyn {
+	fn from(value: typed_path::UnixPathBuf) -> Self { Self::Unix(value) }
+}
+
 impl From<PathDyn<'_>> for PathBufDyn {
 	fn from(value: PathDyn<'_>) -> Self { value.to_owned() }
 }
@@ -25,6 +29,12 @@ impl TryFrom<PathBufDyn> for std::path::PathBuf {
 	fn try_from(value: PathBufDyn) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> { value.into_os() }
 }
 
+impl TryFrom<PathBufDyn> for typed_path::UnixPathBuf {
+	type Error = PathDynError;
+
+	fn try_from(value: PathBufDyn) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> { value.into_unix() }
+}
+
 impl PartialEq<PathDyn<'_>> for PathBufDyn {
 	fn eq(&self, other: &PathDyn<'_>) -> bool { self.as_path() == *other }
 }
@@ -76,6 +86,14 @@ impl PathBufDyn {
 		})
 	}
 
+	#[inline]
+	pub fn into_unix(self) -> Result<typed_path::UnixPathBuf, PathDynError> {
+		Ok(match self {
+			Self::Os(_) => Err(PathDynError::AsUnix)?,
+			Self::Unix(p) => p,
+		})
+	}
+
 	#[inline]
 	pub fn new(kind: PathKind) -> Self {
 		match kind {

yazi-shared/src/path/conversion.rs

@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ impl AsPath for std::path::PathBuf {
 	fn as_path(&self) -> PathDyn<'_> { PathDyn::Os(self) }
 }
 
+impl AsPath for typed_path::UnixPath {
+	fn as_path(&self) -> PathDyn<'_> { PathDyn::Unix(self) }
+}
+
+impl AsPath for typed_path::UnixPathBuf {
+	fn as_path(&self) -> PathDyn<'_> { PathDyn::Unix(self) }
+}
+
 impl AsPath for PathDyn<'_> {
 	fn as_path(&self) -> PathDyn<'_> { *self }
 }

yazi-shared/src/path/kind.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ impl From<SchemeKind> for PathKind {
 			SchemeKind::Regular => Self::Os,
 			SchemeKind::Search => Self::Os,
 			SchemeKind::Archive => Self::Os,
-			SchemeKind::Sftp => Self::Os, // FIXME
+			SchemeKind::Sftp => Self::Unix,
 		}
 	}
 }

yazi-shared/src/path/like.rs

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use crate::{Utf8BytePredictor, path::{AsPath, Components, Display, EndsWithError
 pub trait PathLike: AsPath {
 	fn as_os(&self) -> Result<&std::path::Path, PathDynError> { self.as_path().as_os() }
 
+	fn as_unix(&self) -> Result<&typed_path::UnixPath, PathDynError> { self.as_path().as_unix() }
+
 	fn components(&self) -> Components<'_> { self.as_path().components() }
 
 	fn display(&self) -> Display<'_> { self.as_path().display() }

yazi-shared/src/path/path.rs

@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ impl<'p> PathDyn<'p> {
 		}
 	}
 
+	#[inline]
+	pub fn as_unix(self) -> Result<&'p typed_path::UnixPath, PathDynError> {
+		match self {
+			Self::Os(_) => Err(PathDynError::AsUnix),
+			Self::Unix(p) => Ok(p),
+		}
+	}
+
 	pub fn components(self) -> Components<'p> {
 		match self {
 			Self::Os(p) => Components::Os(p.components()),

yazi-shared/src/path/view.rs

@@ -10,3 +10,11 @@ impl<'a> AsPathView<'a, &'a std::path::Path> for &'a std::path::Path {
 impl<'a> AsPathView<'a, &'a std::path::Path> for &'a std::path::PathBuf {
 	fn as_path_view(self) -> &'a std::path::Path { self }
 }
+
+impl<'a> AsPathView<'a, &'a typed_path::UnixPath> for &'a typed_path::UnixPath {
+	fn as_path_view(self) -> &'a typed_path::UnixPath { self }
+}
+
+impl<'a> AsPathView<'a, &'a typed_path::UnixPath> for &'a typed_path::UnixPathBuf {
+	fn as_path_view(self) -> &'a typed_path::UnixPath { self }
+}

yazi-shared/src/strand/conversion.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ impl AsStrand for [u8] {
 	fn as_strand(&self) -> Strand<'_> { Strand::Bytes(self) }
 }
 
+impl AsStrand for &[u8] {
+	fn as_strand(&self) -> Strand<'_> { Strand::Bytes(self) }
+}
+
 impl AsStrand for str {
 	fn as_strand(&self) -> Strand<'_> { Strand::Utf8(self) }
 }
@@ -43,6 +47,10 @@ impl AsStrand for &std::path::Path {
 	fn as_strand(&self) -> Strand<'_> { Strand::Os(self.as_os_str()) }
 }
 
+impl AsStrand for &typed_path::UnixPath {
+	fn as_strand(&self) -> Strand<'_> { Strand::Bytes(self.as_bytes()) }
+}
+
 impl AsStrand for crate::path::Components<'_> {
 	fn as_strand(&self) -> Strand<'_> { self.strand() }
 }

yazi-shared/src/strand/cow.rs

@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ impl From<StrandBuf> for StrandCow<'_> {
 	fn from(value: StrandBuf) -> Self { Self::Owned(value) }
 }
 
+impl<'a, T> From<&'a T> for StrandCow<'a>
+where
+	T: ?Sized + AsStrand,
+{
+	fn from(value: &'a T) -> Self { Self::Borrowed(value.as_strand()) }
+}
+
 impl PartialEq<Strand<'_>> for StrandCow<'_> {
 	fn eq(&self, other: &Strand) -> bool { self.as_strand() == *other }
 }

yazi-shared/src/strand/kind.rs

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ impl From<SchemeKind> for StrandKind {
 			SchemeKind::Regular => Self::Os,
 			SchemeKind::Search => Self::Os,
 			SchemeKind::Archive => Self::Os,
-			SchemeKind::Sftp => Self::Os, // FIXME
+			SchemeKind::Sftp => Self::Bytes,
 		}
 	}
 }

yazi-shared/src/strand/view.rs

@@ -16,3 +16,15 @@ impl<'a> AsStrandView<'a, &'a OsStr> for &'a std::path::Path {
 impl<'a> AsStrandView<'a, &'a OsStr> for std::path::Components<'a> {
 	fn as_strand_view(self) -> &'a OsStr { self.as_path().as_os_str() }
 }
+
+impl<'a> AsStrandView<'a, &'a [u8]> for &'a [u8] {
+	fn as_strand_view(self) -> &'a [u8] { self }
+}
+
+impl<'a> AsStrandView<'a, &'a [u8]> for &'a typed_path::UnixPath {
+	fn as_strand_view(self) -> &'a [u8] { self.as_bytes() }
+}
+
+impl<'a> AsStrandView<'a, &'a [u8]> for typed_path::UnixComponents<'a> {
+	fn as_strand_view(self) -> &'a [u8] { self.as_path::<typed_path::UnixEncoding>().as_bytes() }
+}

yazi-shared/src/url/buf.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub enum UrlBuf {
 	Regular(LocBuf),
 	Search { loc: LocBuf, domain: Symbol<str> },
 	Archive { loc: LocBuf, domain: Symbol<str> },
-	Sftp { loc: LocBuf, domain: Symbol<str> },
+	Sftp { loc: LocBuf<typed_path::UnixPathBuf>, domain: Symbol<str> },
 }
 
 // FIXME: remove
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ impl UrlBuf {
 			Self::Regular(loc) => loc.try_set_name(name.as_os()?)?,
 			Self::Search { loc, .. } => loc.try_set_name(name.as_os()?)?,
 			Self::Archive { loc, .. } => loc.try_set_name(name.as_os()?)?,
-			Self::Sftp { loc, .. } => loc.try_set_name(name.as_os()?)?,
+			Self::Sftp { loc, .. } => loc.try_set_name(name.encoded_bytes())?,
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@ impl UrlBuf {
 			Self::Archive { loc, domain } => {
 				Self::Archive { loc: loc.rebase(base), domain: domain.clone() }
 			}
-			Self::Sftp { loc, domain } => Self::Sftp { loc: loc.rebase(base), domain: domain.clone() },
+			Self::Sftp { loc, domain } => {
+				todo!();
+				// Self::Sftp { loc: loc.rebase(base), domain: domain.clone() }
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }

yazi-shared/src/url/components.rs

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ impl<'a> Components<'a> {
 				Url::Archive { loc: Loc::with(path.as_os().unwrap(), uri, urn).unwrap(), domain }
 			}
 			Url::Sftp { domain, .. } => {
-				Url::Sftp { loc: Loc::with(path.as_os().unwrap(), uri, urn).unwrap(), domain }
+				Url::Sftp { loc: Loc::with(path.as_unix().unwrap(), uri, urn).unwrap(), domain }
 			}
 		}
 	}

yazi-shared/src/url/cow.rs

@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ pub enum UrlCow<'a> {
 	Regular(LocBuf),
 	Search { loc: LocBuf, domain: SymbolCow<'a, str> },
 	Archive { loc: LocBuf, domain: SymbolCow<'a, str> },
-	Sftp { loc: LocBuf, domain: SymbolCow<'a, str> },
+	Sftp { loc: LocBuf<typed_path::UnixPathBuf>, domain: SymbolCow<'a, str> },
 
 	RegularRef(Loc<'a>),
 	SearchRef { loc: Loc<'a>, domain: SymbolCow<'a, str> },
 	ArchiveRef { loc: Loc<'a>, domain: SymbolCow<'a, str> },
-	SftpRef { loc: Loc<'a>, domain: SymbolCow<'a, str> },
+	SftpRef { loc: Loc<'a, &'a typed_path::UnixPath>, domain: SymbolCow<'a, str> },
 }
 
 // FIXME: remove
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ impl<'a> TryFrom<(SchemeCow<'a>, PathDyn<'a>)> for UrlCow<'a> {
 				domain: domain.ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("missing domain for archive scheme"))?,
 			},
 			SchemeKind::Sftp => Self::SftpRef {
-				loc:    Loc::with(path.as_os()?, uri, urn)?,
+				loc:    Loc::with(path.as_unix()?, uri, urn)?,
 				domain: domain.ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("missing domain for sftp scheme"))?,
 			},
 		})
@@ -165,15 +165,15 @@ impl<'a> TryFrom<(SchemeCow<'a>, PathBufDyn)> for UrlCow<'a> {
 		Ok(match kind {
 			SchemeKind::Regular => Self::Regular(path.into_os()?.into()),
 			SchemeKind::Search => Self::Search {
-				loc:    LocBuf::<PathBuf>::with(path.try_into()?, uri, urn)?,
+				loc:    LocBuf::<std::path::PathBuf>::with(path.try_into()?, uri, urn)?,
 				domain: domain.ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("missing domain for search scheme"))?,
 			},
 			SchemeKind::Archive => Self::Archive {
-				loc:    LocBuf::<PathBuf>::with(path.try_into()?, uri, urn)?,
+				loc:    LocBuf::<std::path::PathBuf>::with(path.try_into()?, uri, urn)?,
 				domain: domain.ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("missing domain for archive scheme"))?,
 			},
 			SchemeKind::Sftp => Self::Sftp {
-				loc:    LocBuf::<PathBuf>::with(path.try_into()?, uri, urn)?,
+				loc:    LocBuf::<typed_path::UnixPathBuf>::with(path.try_into()?, uri, urn)?,
 				domain: domain.ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("missing domain for sftp scheme"))?,
 			},
 		})

yazi-shared/src/url/url.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub enum Url<'a> {
 	Regular(Loc<'a>),
 	Search { loc: Loc<'a>, domain: &'a str },
 	Archive { loc: Loc<'a>, domain: &'a str },
-	Sftp { loc: Loc<'a>, domain: &'a str },
+	Sftp { loc: Loc<'a, &'a typed_path::UnixPath>, domain: &'a str },
 }
 
 // --- Eq
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ impl<'a> Url<'a> {
 				domain: domain.intern(),
 			},
 			Self::Sftp { domain, .. } => {
-				UrlBuf::Sftp { loc: joined.into_os()?.into(), domain: domain.intern() }
+				UrlBuf::Sftp { loc: joined.into_unix()?.into(), domain: domain.intern() }
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -282,24 +282,24 @@ impl<'a> Url<'a> {
 				domain: domain.intern(),
 			},
 			Self::Archive { loc, domain } if path.try_starts_with(loc.trail())? => UrlBuf::Archive {
-				loc:    LocBuf::<PathBuf>::new(path.into_os()?, loc.base(), loc.trail()),
+				loc:    LocBuf::<std::path::PathBuf>::new(path.into_os()?, loc.base(), loc.trail()),
 				domain: domain.intern(),
 			},
 			Self::Sftp { loc, domain } if path.try_starts_with(loc.trail())? => UrlBuf::Sftp {
-				loc:    LocBuf::<PathBuf>::new(path.into_os()?, loc.base(), loc.trail()),
+				loc:    LocBuf::<typed_path::UnixPathBuf>::new(path.into_unix()?, loc.base(), loc.trail()),
 				domain: domain.intern(),
 			},
 
 			Self::Search { domain, .. } => UrlBuf::Search {
-				loc:    LocBuf::<PathBuf>::saturated(path.into_os()?, self.kind()),
+				loc:    LocBuf::<std::path::PathBuf>::saturated(path.into_os()?, self.kind()),
 				domain: domain.intern(),
 			},
 			Self::Archive { domain, .. } => UrlBuf::Archive {
-				loc:    LocBuf::<PathBuf>::saturated(path.into_os()?, self.kind()),
+				loc:    LocBuf::<std::path::PathBuf>::saturated(path.into_os()?, self.kind()),
 				domain: domain.intern(),
 			},
 			Self::Sftp { domain, .. } => UrlBuf::Sftp {
-				loc:    LocBuf::<PathBuf>::saturated(path.into_os()?, self.kind()),
+				loc:    LocBuf::<typed_path::UnixPathBuf>::saturated(path.into_unix()?, self.kind()),
 				domain: domain.intern(),
 			},
 		};

yazi-vfs/Cargo.toml

@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ parking_lot = { workspace = true }
 russh       = { workspace = true }
 tokio       = { workspace = true }
 tracing     = { workspace = true }
+typed-path  = { workspace = true }

yazi-vfs/src/provider/sftp/metadata.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{ffi::OsStr, io, time::{Duration, UNIX_EPOCH}};
+use std::{io, time::{Duration, UNIX_EPOCH}};
 
 use yazi_fs::cha::ChaKind;
 
@@ -26,18 +26,17 @@ impl TryFrom<&yazi_sftp::fs::DirEntry> for Cha {
 	type Error = io::Error;
 
 	fn try_from(ent: &yazi_sftp::fs::DirEntry) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-		let mut cha = Self::try_from((ent.name().as_ref(), ent.attrs()))?;
+		let mut cha = Self::try_from((ent.name(), ent.attrs()))?;
 		cha.0.nlink = ent.nlink().unwrap_or_default();
 		Ok(cha)
 	}
 }
 
-impl TryFrom<(&OsStr, &yazi_sftp::fs::Attrs)> for Cha {
+impl TryFrom<(&[u8], &yazi_sftp::fs::Attrs)> for Cha {
 	type Error = io::Error;
 
-	fn try_from((name, attrs): (&OsStr, &yazi_sftp::fs::Attrs)) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-		let kind =
-			if name.as_encoded_bytes().starts_with(b".") { ChaKind::HIDDEN } else { ChaKind::empty() };
+	fn try_from((name, attrs): (&[u8], &yazi_sftp::fs::Attrs)) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+		let kind = if name.starts_with(b".") { ChaKind::HIDDEN } else { ChaKind::empty() };
 
 		Ok(Self(yazi_fs::cha::Cha {
 			kind,

yazi-vfs/src/provider/sftp/sftp.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use crate::provider::sftp::Conn;
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Sftp<'a> {
 	url:  Url<'a>,
-	path: &'a Path,
+	path: &'a typed_path::UnixPath,
 
 	name:   &'static str,
 	config: &'static ProviderSftp,
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl<'a> Provider for Sftp<'a> {
 	where
 		P: AsPath,
 	{
-		let to = to.as_path().as_os()?;
+		let to = to.as_path().as_unix()?;
 		let attrs = Attrs::from(super::Attrs(attrs));
 
 		let op = self.op().await?;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ impl<'a> Provider for Sftp<'a> {
 	where
 		P: AsPath,
 	{
-		let to = to.as_path().as_os()?;
+		let to = to.as_path().as_unix()?;
 
 		Ok(self.op().await?.hardlink(self.path, to).await?)
 	}
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ impl<'a> Provider for Sftp<'a> {
 	where
 		P: AsPath,
 	{
-		let to = to.as_path().as_os()?;
+		let to = to.as_path().as_unix()?;
 		let op = self.op().await?;
 
 		match op.rename_posix(self.path, &to).await {
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ impl<'a> Provider for Sftp<'a> {
 		P: AsPath,
 		F: AsyncFnOnce() -> io::Result<bool>,
 	{
-		let original = original.as_path().as_os()?;
+		let original = original.as_path().as_unix()?;
 
 		Ok(self.op().await?.symlink(&original, self.path).await?)
 	}