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Subject: Re: [fuse-devel] delta filesystem prototype
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:10:18 +0900
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Goswin von Brederlow:
> The problem is that /delta-fs/path/file would suddenly be a composite
> of the new file /union/read-only/path/file and any stored delta
> information in /union/read-write/path/file of the old file.

Yes.
And I am afraid stat.st_blocks will be incorrect too. But it may be a
smaller problem for who think there is another bigger advantage. It
might be just a trade off.


J. R. Okajima