> >To do this you would create a new sub-directory under your union and >then proceed to cat a new string into the branch ordering file for the >union. Here is an example of the commands > >cd /unionfs/union1 >mkdir branch3 >cd branch3 >echo mypath > path >echo mymode > mode >#echo imap info if necessary >echo myimap > imap >#back to our directory for our union >cd .. >#this line will check the current against what is being >#written to this file to check if changes are necessary >#and will perform the correct operations (shifting, adding, >#deleting etc) >echo branch1,branch3,branch2 > branches
This sounds awkward. Making a pseudofs (spelled with 'e') that lives between the parent vfsmount and the union vfsmount sounds like it breaks all logical rules. I would much better see a unionctl that sends an ioctl or do a remount with all operations that should be atomic at once to the kernel. Jan Engelhardt -- _______________________________________________ unionfs mailing list [email protected] http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/mailman/listinfo/unionfs
