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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. Currently it's almost fully usable, will only minor convenience issues to be fixed... |
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I'm open to patches, suggestions, whatever... | I'm open to patches, suggestions, whatever (at radek@podgorny.cz)... [[GoogleAd()]] |
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== Available parameters == | == Usage == |
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* {{{--roots=/root1,/root2}}} * {{{--stats}}} |
{{{ unionfs [options] root[:root...] mountpoint The first argument is a colon separated list of directories to merge general options: -o opt,[opt...] mount options -h --help print help -V --version print version UnionFS options: -o stats show statistics in the file 'stats' under the mountpoint }}} |
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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: 0.16 (released 2007-01-26) |
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If you want to follow the development closely, see my mercurial repository at: * http://hg.podgorny.cz/unionfs-fuse |
Foreword
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. Currently it's almost fully usable, will only minor convenience issues to be fixed...
I'm open to patches, suggestions, whatever (at radek@podgorny.cz)...
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
Usage
unionfs [options] root[:root...] mountpoint The first argument is a colon separated list of directories to merge general options: -o opt,[opt...] mount options -h --help print help -V --version print version UnionFS options: -o stats show statistics in the file 'stats' under the mountpoint
TODO
- Add support for choice which roots are read-only and which are not
- Add cache controls
- Handle writing to /stats intelligently
Donation
If you use the software and like it, please consider a donation (provided by PayPal)...
Download
- Latest version: 0.16 (released 2007-01-26)
Archive location: http://podgorny.cz/unionfs-fuse/releases/
If you want to follow the development closely, see my mercurial repository at: