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Subject: Re: [9fans] ls, rc question -- proposed change to rc/glob.c
From: Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net>
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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:50:33 +0000
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>i have a feeling almost nothing would break if the kernel was changed
>to disallow reading of union directories completely...

but of course it would: i couldn't ls it at all.  i couldn't traverse the hierarchy at all.
you should spend more time in the Windows or OS worlds
where such restrictions are (were) commonplace!