X-Git-Url: https://git.rrq.au/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.adoc;h=7bf90491d717fb3ef9a6276e47778d369b4a5afc;hb=f1bd0ce70cdde903b79e1fb1ab2f895a674b5a6e;hp=ffc927cd9af36add12da7ff095ba2ab39558dee0;hpb=bbe5314bf498f2f6b07e88617ec2d10ee30004b0;p=rrq%2Ffusefile.git diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc index ffc927c..7bf9049 100644 --- a/README.adoc +++ b/README.adoc @@ -1,22 +1,25 @@ # fusefile +:author: Ralph Ronnquist +:revdate: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 21:18:34 +1000 -This project implements a "fuse" device to mount as a single file that -is a concatenation of fragments of one or more files. The fused file -allows overwriting to fragments but not changing their sizes and only -for writable fragment files. A fused file may also be set up with an -overlay file in which case that file will capture all changes instead -of changing the underlying fragment files. +This project implements a "fuse" device to mount a concatenation of +fragments of one or more files as a single file. + +The __fused file__ allows writing to fragments (without changing their +sizes); of course only for writable fragment files. The fused file may +be set up with an __overlay file__ to capture changes instead of +writing the underlying fragment files. ==== -This is a nominal usage example to set up a fused file C consisting of -files A and B: +This is a usage example to set up a fused file C consisting of files A +and B: ---- $ fusefile C A B ---- ==== ==== -This is a nominal example of tearing down a fused file X: +This is an example of tearing down a fused file C: ---- $ fusermount -u C ----