On Thursday 10 December 2015, Yoss@xxxxxxx wrote: > Hello, > > summary: > 'mount --bind oldfile newfile' doesn't implement some changes in > "newfile" if "oldfile" is situated in a hashed tree indexed directory > (attribute I). > > Example: > > lsattr / > > ----------I--e- /etc > > > touch /etc/testa > > touch /tmp/testa > > mount --bind /etc/testa /tmp/testa > > vi /etc/testa (add some characters) > > ls -al /etc/testa > > ls -al /tmp/testa > > Only the file /etc/testa contains the added characters. This seems to be a problem of "vi". Looks like it moves the file /etc/testa to /etc/testa~ and then opens a newly created copy. You can reproduce it even without mount --bind: $ touch bla $ tail -f bla $ vi bla # add some lines and safe tail will not show you the add lines. > The problem seem to be more complex, because if a 'echo "test" >> > /etc/testa' is used, it works. Other editors may work by default. I guess vim would do what you want if you play around with settings like :set noswapfile :set backupcopy=no cu, Rudi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
