translucency loadable kernel module
translucency is a loadable kernel module for Linux that virtually merges two directories, making it possible to overwrite files on read-only media and compile projects (such as the Linux kernel) with different options without copying sources each time. No user-space tools have to be changed. The process is also known as inheriting (ifs), stacking, translucency (tfs), loopback (lofs), and overlay (ovlfs).
| Tags | Clustering/Distributed Networks Operating System Kernels Linux Filesystems |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 16 Apr 2005 05:35
Changes: This release includes a port to the MIPS architecture, a general code cleanup, and two bugfixes.
- 28 Oct 2003 03:08
Changes: This release adds support for whiteout-entries, which allow for removal and renaming of files on read-only dirs. Also it now supports more than two layers and properly handles Unix sockets.
- 15 Aug 2003 08:42
Changes: This release increases portability and adds a parameter to specify which fs mounts should be included in redirection.
- 28 Nov 2002 07:23
Changes: A downcase flag was added for case-insensitive filesystems. The open syscall was cleaned up and a SEGV with keventd was eliminated.
- 24 Jun 2002 05:24
Changes: translucency now allows more than two directories to be overlaid and creates devices in the top layer as needed. Several bugfixes and code cleanups were also made.
