Messages in this thread |  | | From | Kevin Lentin <> | Subject | Re: Union file system | Date | Thu, 28 Nov 1996 13:07:58 +1100 (EST) |
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Eric Hoeltzel Wrote ... > > I heard something about a "translucent" file system once. Like you > could mount a cdrom and a hard disk partition at the same mount > point. Then when you untar a file on the cdrom it is written to > the disk partition. I suppose there would be other uses too. Was > this fantasy or is this actually being done somewhere?
The automounter program 'amd' has the ability to do this using NFS in cute ways. I tried once to make it work but for the life of me could not understand the config file.
'amd' allows you to automount multiple directories at the same place. I think it writes to the last one listed and reads in reverse order. Or you can configure it. It will also allow you to mount a filesystem over part of another one.
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