Re: FS Unions

Matthew Wilcox (Matthew.Wilcox@genedata.com)
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 14:43:16 +0200

If we go for plan9 style namespaces, do we still need a unionfs?
The only thing which unionfs offers over bind(2) is the ability to `modify'
files on a read-only underlying mount.

For those who wish to read more, see
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html/2/bind

-- 
Matthew Wilcox <willy@bofh.ai>
"Windows and MacOS are products, contrived by engineers in the service of
specific companies. Unix, by contrast, is not so much a product as it is a
painstakingly compiled oral history of the hacker subculture." - N Stephenson


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