1OVERLAY(1)                       User Commands                      OVERLAY(1)
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NAME

6       overlay - manual page for overlay 77bf3f7
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SYNOPSIS

9       overlay command options
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DESCRIPTION

12   Commands:
13              vacuum  -  remove  duplicated files in upperdir where copy_up is
14              done but the file is not actually modified  diff    -  show  the
15              list  of  actually changed files merge  - merge all changes from
16              upperdir to lowerdir, and clear upperdir deref  -  copy  changes
17              from upperdir to a new upperdir unfolding redirect and metacopy
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OPTIONS

20       -l, --lowerdir=LOWERDIR
21              the lowerdir of OverlayFS (required)
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23       -u, --upperdir=UPPERDIR
24              the upperdir of OverlayFS (required)
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26       -m, --mountdir=MOUNTDIR
27              the mountdir of OverlayFS (optional)
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30              the lowerdir of new OverlayFS (optional)
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33              the upperdir of new OverlayFS (optional)
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35       -v, --verbose
36              with  diff action only: when a directory only exists in one ver‐
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40              with diff action only: conform to output of diff  --brief  --re‐
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43       -h, --help
44              show this help text
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46       See  https://github.com/kmxz/overlayfs-tools/ for warnings and more in‐
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