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this is the file system not docker itself. you can get the overlay behavior without any docker

• lmuench 6y ago
  Can you point me to some online resources? I'd like to learn more about this.
  • mehrdadn 6y ago
    I'm not sure if this is what the parent is referring to but there are overlayfs and unionfs in Ubuntu for example.
  • rantwasp 6y ago
    start with: https://windsock.io/the-overlay-filesystem/ https://windsock.io/the-overlay-filesystem/ after that read more about overlay, overlay fs, for historical reasons aufs.
  • throwaway8941 6y ago
    https://lwn.net/Articles/324291/ https://lwn.net/Articles/324291/ https://lwn.net/Articles/325369/ https://lwn.net/Articles/325369/ https://lwn.net/Articles/327738/ https://lwn.net/Articles/327738/
    • rantwasp 6y ago
      nice. thank you