On Thu, 29 Feb 1996, Paul Goyette wrote:

> [..regarding union mounts..]
> 
> This is pretty much the procedure I use.  The only caveat is that, once 
> you've modified something, the original is no longer visible, _even_ if 
> you subsequently delete the modified file!  (A white-out gets created to 
> keep the original hiddden.)  What I do to get around this is to unmount 
> the union fs, delete the file, and then re-mount the union fs.
> 
	while in the union fs
	'rm file'
	'rm -W !$'

	:)

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