>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.

It would be easier to do

	ls -W

and

	rm -W WHITEOUTFILENAME

Cheers,
Phil
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Phillip F Knaack               flipk@iastate.edu
Database Programmer, NCREMP    Student Development Group
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