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@@ -159,6 +159,22 @@ overlay filesystem (though an operation on the name of the file such as
159rename or unlink will of course be noticed and handled). 159rename or unlink will of course be noticed and handled).
160 160
161 161
162Multiple lower layers
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164
165Multiple lower layers can now be given using the the colon (":") as a
166separator character between the directory names. For example:
167
168 mount -t overlay overlay -olowerdir=/lower1:/lower2:/lower3 /merged
169
170As the example shows, "upperdir=" and "workdir=" may be omitted. In
171that case the overlay will be read-only.
172
173The specified lower directories will be stacked beginning from the
174rightmost one and going left. In the above example lower1 will be the
175top, lower2 the middle and lower3 the bottom layer.
176
177
162Non-standard behavior 178Non-standard behavior
163--------------------- 179---------------------
164 180
@@ -196,3 +212,15 @@ Changes to the underlying filesystems while part of a mounted overlay
196filesystem are not allowed. If the underlying filesystem is changed, 212filesystem are not allowed. If the underlying filesystem is changed,
197the behavior of the overlay is undefined, though it will not result in 213the behavior of the overlay is undefined, though it will not result in
198a crash or deadlock. 214a crash or deadlock.
215
216Testsuite
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218
219There's testsuite developed by David Howells at:
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221 git://git.infradead.org/users/dhowells/unionmount-testsuite.git
222
223Run as root:
224
225 # cd unionmount-testsuite
226 # ./run --ov