On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Kushal Kumaran <kushal.kumaran+deb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 5:47 AM, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeif...@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote: >>> Well, I don't want to keep two separate files (that's what I'm trying to >>> get away from). It seems like the overlay filesystem would be a bit >>> cleaner if it can work, but symbolic links elsewhere would be my second >>> choice. >>> >> >> As a variant of Kushal's suggestion of two symlinks to the same file, >> you could have the real file in one place (preferably where it's >> written to) and a symlink to it from the other place. >> > > If I understand the situation correctly, only one of the locations will > be accessible at any time. When the user logs in, the original files > will be hidden under the files provided by the encrypted filesystem. > So, both files are actually ~/.bogofilter (say), just at different > times. So you cannot have a symlink from one location to the other.
Ah! Gotcha. Then, yes; symlinks from both to the same destination. Not sure what a suitable destination is, though. ChrisA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAPTjJmrM_8gmDPyU4Bxay-h=ws0hzuk1uhyfa+2qbsynk-e...@mail.gmail.com
