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Hi steve Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > > What would you expect to happen if you then did: > echo "d/w" > d/w > > Which physical directory would you expect a new file to go into? > Using my example: mkdir a echo "a/x" > a/x echo "a/y" > a/y echo "a/z" > a/z mkdir b echo "b/y" > b/y mkdir c echo "c/z" > c/z mkdir d mount --bind a d mount --bind --overlay b d mount --bind --overlay c d cat d/x "a/x" cat d/y "b/y" cat d/z "c/z" Then... echo "d/w" > d/w would create a new file in directory a. echo "d/y" > d/y would replace the file b/y etc... Is this sort of thing possible, or are there fundamental reasons that would make it difficult? Andrew - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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