Union filesystems

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf filesystem type
gptkbp:example gptkb:OverlayFS
gptkb:UnionFS
aufs
gptkbp:feature allows files and directories of separate filesystems to be transparently overlaid
enables live system upgrades
enables read-only and read-write layers
supports copy-on-write
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Union filesystems
gptkbp:introducedIn early 2000s
gptkbp:license varies by implementation
gptkbp:purpose merge multiple directories into a single virtual filesystem
gptkbp:relatedTo filesystem layering
virtual filesystems
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Docker
Live CD distributions
container technologies
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Linux_operating_system
Unix-like operating systems
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:OverlayFS
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7