[ILUG] Merging directories transparently

[David Neary]

Philip Reynolds wrote:
> David Neary's [bolsh at gimp.org] 34 lines of wisdom included:
> > I haven't tried the NFS suggestion, so I don't know if it works,
> > but I suppose it does :) Unfortunately my kernel doesn't have any
> > nfs in it (client or server), and a rebuild & reboot would be too
> > much like trouble :)
> 
> NFS can be installed in kernel-land, but it can be installed in
> userland as well, no need for a reboot.

My (limited) understanding is that the userland stuff doesn't
work unless the kernel has an idea of the nfs stuff... at the
very least, the kernel needs to be aware of the filesystem type 
:) Sure, most of the rest can be done in userland. But a recompile 
is still required.

Actually my "kernel doesn't have (user or server) stuff in it
doesn't make much sense, now that I think of it. Once the
filesystem's supported I''m rocking and rolling.

> mount --bind is built into, as standard, 2.4 kernels only, as far as
> I'm aware plus userspace support for it is not the best either (I
> don't keep up with stuff as Linux as much as I used to, this may
> have changed). 

mount --bind does what it claims to do :) It's just not what I
was hoping for (which, as I said, isn't necessary, just for one
particular use would have been cute).

Thanks again,
Dave.

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       David Neary,
    Marseille, France
  E-Mail: bolsh at gimp.org