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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!umcc.umcc.umich.edu!jon From: jon@umcc.umcc.umich.edu (Jon Zeeff) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: translucent file service Date: 22 Mar 1993 18:39:19 GMT Organization: UMCC Lines: 12 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1ol14nINNmkq@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: umcc.umcc.umich.edu Has anyone looked into adding tfs (translucent file service)? TFS allows a user to mount a private, writable filesystem in front of any number of public, read-only filesystems in such a way that the contents of the public filesystems remain visible behind the contents of the private filesystem. Effectively, a read-only file system becomes read-write. This could be particularily useful in front of a CD-ROM or read-only NFS mounted file system. If been told that implementing it is not particularily complex.