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| This is my effort to create a unionfs implementation which is probably slower but way more flexible than the current in-kernel unionfs solution. Currently it's almost fully usable, the only problem is new file/directory creation which I will fix soon... | This is my effort to create a unionfs filesystem implementation which is probably slower but way more flexible than the current in-kernel unionfs solution. I'm open to patches, suggestions, whatever (at radek@podgorny.cz)... If you've sent me something and think it takes me too long to answer, go check UndeliverableMail page. I might have problems sending mail to you... [[GoogleAd()]] | 
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| * Compared to kernel-space solution we need lots of useless context switches which makes kernel-only solution clear speed-winner == Available parameters == * {{{--roots=/root1,/root2}}} * {{{--stats}}} | * Compared to kernel-space solution we need lots of useless context switches which makes kernel-only solution clear speed-winner (well, actually I've made some tests and the hard-drives seem to be the bottleneck so the speed is fine, too) | 
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| * Add support for creating directories * Add support for choice which roots are read-only and which are not * Add cache controls | |
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| [[GoogleAd()]] == Donation == If you use the software and like it, please consider a donation (provided by Pay''''''Pal)... [[PayPalDonation()]] | |
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| * Latest version: 0.10 (released 2006-02-01) | * Latest version: 0.18 (released 2007-08-09) | 
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| If you want to follow the development closely, see my mercurial repository at: * http://hg.podgorny.cz/unionfs-fuse | 
unionfs-fuse
This is my effort to create a unionfs filesystem implementation which is probably slower but way more flexible than the current in-kernel unionfs solution.
I'm open to patches, suggestions, whatever (at radek@podgorny.cz)...
If you've sent me something and think it takes me too long to answer, go check UndeliverableMail page. I might have problems sending mail to you...
Why choose this stuff
- The filesystem has to be mounted after the roots are mounted when using the standard module. With unionfs-fuse, you can mount the roots later and their contents will appear seamlesly
- You get caching which speeds things up a lot for free
- You get nice stats (optional)
Why NOT choose it
- Compared to kernel-space solution we need lots of useless context switches which makes kernel-only solution clear speed-winner (well, actually I've made some tests and the hard-drives seem to be the bottleneck so the speed is fine, too)
TODO
- Handle writing to /stats intelligently
Donation
If you use the software and like it, please consider a donation (provided by PayPal)...
Download
- Latest version: 0.18 (released 2007-08-09)
- Archive location: http://podgorny.cz/unionfs-fuse/releases/ 
If you want to follow the development closely, see my mercurial repository at: