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Date:      Fri, 21 Jun 2002 14:58:45 +0300
From:      Tom Alsberg <alsbergt@zoopee.org>
To:        FreeBSD Hackers List <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Union filesystem / mount option
Message-ID:  <20020621115845.GA17902@zoopee.org>

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Hi there.
I would like some clarification with regard to the union filesystem
and mount option.

First - what is the difference in principle between mounting with the
union option (mount -o union) and the union filesystem type
(mount_union)?

Second - is there a way to have more than two filesystems stacked in a
union? So that all writes will go to the upper layer, and reads will
go down the stack until a lookup succeeds? That is - a way other than
the inelegant and probably sub-optimal way of attaching some
filesystem over an already-union filesystem to create another one?

  Thank you, any help appreciated,
  -- Tom

-- 
  Tom Alsberg - certified insane, complete illiterate.
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