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UnionFS

Unionfs is a filesystem service for Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD which implements a union mount for other file systems. It allows files and directories of separate file systems, known as branches, to be transparently overlaid, forming a single coherent file system. Contents of directories which have the same path within the merged branches will be seen…

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Developer
Open source community
File system permissions
POSIX
Full name
Unification File System
Supported operating systems
Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD
Transparent compression
No
Transparent encryption
No (but can be provided at the block device level)

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UnionFS

Nodes32
Edges31
Triples33
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.0625
Components1

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UnionFS

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related to External links · 15
UnionFS → Erez Zadok, Fan-Out Unification File System, FUSE-based, GitHub, Harikesavan Krishnan, Jay Dave, Mohammad Nayyer Zubair, Official, PDF, Puja Gupta, Stony Brook University, Technical Report FSL-04-01b, Unix Semantics, Versatility, Wright
related to Uses · 8
UnionFS → CD, CD-ROM, DVD, In Knoppix, It, Knoppix, This, USB
related to Other implementations · 2
UnionFS → Linux, Version
Developer · 1
UnionFS → Open source community
File system permissions · 1
UnionFS → POSIX
Full name · 1
UnionFS → Unification File System
Supported operating systems · 1
UnionFS → Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD
Transparent compression · 1
UnionFS → No
Transparent encryption · 1
UnionFS → No (but can be provided at the block device level)
Website · 1
UnionFS → unionfs.filesystems.org

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file system branches systems linux filesystem union files one read-only uses also freebsd allows single merged priority copy-on-write netbsd user

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
UnionFSDeveloperOpen source community1.00infobox
UnionFSFile system permissionsPOSIX1.00infobox
UnionFSFull nameUnification File System1.00infobox
UnionFSSupported operating systemsLinux, FreeBSD and NetBSD1.00infobox
UnionFSTransparent compressionNo1.00infobox
UnionFSTransparent encryptionNo (but can be provided at the block device level)1.00infobox
UnionFSWebsiteunionfs.filesystems.org1.00infobox
UnionFSis afilesystem service for Linux0.90text
UnionFSrelated to External linksOfficial0.60section
UnionFSrelated to External linksWright0.60section
UnionFSrelated to External linksJay Dave0.60section
UnionFSrelated to External linksPuja Gupta0.60section

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