Re: FS Unions

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com)
Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:02:15 -0400

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Eric Brunet wrote:
>
> In ens.rezo.mailing-lists.linux-kernel, you wrote:
> >All modifications go into the overlapping fs. All you need from it is a
> >way to represent whiteouts (normally done as entries with reserved
> >inumber value).
>
> I don't quite understand: do you have to modify all the filesystems to
> introduce the concept of ``whiteouts'' and ``non-transparent
> directories'' ?

No, this can be implemented on top of any traditional filesystem.

Jeff

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