Hello!
I am hugely grateful to J. R. Okajima for the colossal effort to
make and maintain the aufs file system. It continues to enable much in
the world of portable computing.
As I am a heavy user of an aufs-based Linux distro (Porteus), I
recently ended up making some Bash scripts that have helped me keep
track of files in different branches. I find them useful in two cases:
(a) when I have many branches that contain file name clashes; this is
common in Porteus where software is installed in modules which can get
into the dozens quite easily;
(b) when I edit files in /etc or /usr from a lower branch, copying up
to my changes layer.
Source code: [1]https://codeberg.org/lcpterid/aufs-dir-tools/ (recently
moved from Github)
Forum post in Porteus community:
[2]https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=75&p=105230
The repo contains six tools (aufs-find, aufs-list, aufs-diff,
aufs-clashes, aufs-unwh and aufs-revert) and a few common functions in
a library file.
I thought it may be worth me sharing the scripts here and asking for
feedback, particularly if I've neglected to see that their
functionality is already accessible by other means. I've done basic
tests on four aufs-based distros so far (Porteus, Nemesis, Slax and
Puppy Linux), and they are more or less functional in all cases.
Source code: [3]https://codeberg.org/lcpterid/aufs-dir-tools/ (recently
moved from Github)
Forum post in Porteus community:
[4]https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=75&p=105230
Any thoughts on the usefulness or refactoring suggestions would be
highly welcomed. I have moved towards coding and the open source world
a little later in my life than others, and so I am trying hard to
improve the quality of my work fast.
Many thanks for your attention, and with my best regards,
lcpterid
References
1. https://codeberg.org/lcpterid/aufs-dir-tools/
2. https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=75&p=105230
3. https://codeberg.org/lcpterid/aufs-dir-tools/
4. https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=75&p=105230
