Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Jun 1999 16:11:58 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: FS Unions |
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On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 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.
Excuse me, how? More specifically - how will unlink() work?
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