Added -push action, to push overlay data into source fragments.

[rrq/fusefile.git] / fusefile.8

diff --git a/fusefile.8 b/fusefile.8
index 6af36f49202ba1dc85f3e20690e54d8646ab0582..194f4aa83558057c4c62d859dbab9a2219445940 100644 (file)
--- a/fusefile.8
+++ b/fusefile.8
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ fusefile, fusedisk \- FUSE file mount for combining file fragments
 .br
 .B fusefile \fB-dump\fR \fR[\fIfuse-opts\fR] \fBmountpoint\fR \fR[\fIoverlay\fR] \fIfilename/from-to\fR ...
 .br
+.B fusefile \fB-push\fR \fR[\fIfuse-opts\fR] \fBmountpoint\fR \fR[\fIoverlay\fR] \fIfilename/from-to\fR ...
+.br
 .B fusedisk \fR[\fIfuse-opts\fR] \fBmountpoint\fR \fR[\fIoverlay\fR] \fIfilename/from-to\fR ...
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -33,12 +35,18 @@ from the fragments.
 
 The option \fB-dump\fR as first argument together with a fusefile
 setup will print the setup to standard output rather than establishing
-a fusefile mount. This is of most use with a prior overlay setup,
-where then the printout includes the portions of updates that have
-been captured in the overlay. The printout is the series of fusefile
+a fusefile mount. This is of most use with a prior overlay setup where
+then the printout includes the portions of updates that have been
+captured in the overlay. The printout is the series of fusefile
 fragment argments to give in order to intersperse the captured overlay
 portions according to the overlay table.
 
+The option \fB-push\fR as first argument together with a fusefile
+setup will push the overlay into the sources (except for
+write-protected fragments). This is only of use with a prior overlay
+setup where then the updates that have been captured in the overlay
+get pushed into the fragments.
+
 \fBfusedisk\fR is a helper script to set up a \fBfusefile\fR as a
 block device (via \fIfuseblk\fR) by using the device mapper
 (\fBdmsetup\fR) to manage an empty block device mapping where content