Re: [Astlinux-users] What is .wh.__dir_opaque

2023-08-03 Thread Michael Knill
Thanks Lonnie. I will remove to keep things clean. Regards Michael Knill From: Lonnie Abelbeck Date: Thursday, 3 August 2023 at 10:42 pm To: AstLinux Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] What is .wh.__dir_opaque Hi Michael, AstLinux version 1.3.8 and older used a unionfs driver

Re: [Astlinux-users] What is .wh.__dir_opaque

2023-08-03 Thread Lonnie Abelbeck
Hi Michael, AstLinux version 1.3.8 and older used a unionfs driver (kernel based) that used "whiteout" files added to the filesystem (ex. .wh.__dir_opaque) to note added/removed directories, among other things. AstLinux version 1.3.10 and newer uses a different unionfs driver (FUSE based), so

[Astlinux-users] What is .wh.__dir_opaque

2023-08-03 Thread Michael Knill
Hi Group Im getting ‘.wh.__dir_opaque’ files in a number of directories on an old Astlinux system that I have recently upgraded. Just wondering what they are and whether I should delete them? Regards Michael Knill Managing Director D: +61 2 6189 1360 P: +61 2 6140 4656 E: michael.kn...@ipcsolu