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>>>>> "Randal" == Randal L Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com> writes:

Randal> I think null-mounts would do what you're trying to do... as in, as long
Randal> as you're reading, you're reading from the old stuff, but if you ever
Randal> write something new, all the right bits get created in the new dir.

Randal> But I'm new to null-mounts, so I could be wrong.

And I meant "mount_unionfs", not null mounts. :)

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