From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 15 15:31:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA13044 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:31:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA13039 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:31:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA07017; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:31:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id PAA17643; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:31:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199812152325.PAA60855@apollo.backplane.com> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:31:27 -0800 (PST) Organization: Polstra & Co., Inc. From: John Polstra To: Matthew Dillon Subject: Re: idea/help w. mirroring Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >:I'm curious -- have you tried amd's "union" filesystem type? It tries >:to automate what you're doing. I've played around with it a little >:bit, but haven't attempted to use it on a large scale. > > No, not for something this critical. I don't trust "union". Wait, it's not the same as the BSD union filesystem. It's just amd managing a forest of symbolic links, very similar to what you're already doing manually. John --- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." -- H. L. Mencken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message