Samsung has introduced a feature in its stock ROM that moves content of social media aps (like WhatsApp) to SD card, and then links the two folders.
I ran the following command in Termux:
`
$su
#mount | grep -i "whatsapp"
`
The following output was returned:
`
libunionfs /mnt/runtime/default/emulated/0/WhatsApp fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
libunionfs /storage/emulated/0/WhatsApp fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
libunionfs /mnt/runtime/read/emulated/0/WhatsApp fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
libunionfs /mnt/runtime/write/emulated/0/WhatsApp fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0
`
I learnt from the net that libunionfs
is a virtual file system. How did Samsung create bind mounts to this system? Normal #mount -o bind
didn't work.
Asked by Wrichik Basu
(967 rep)
Nov 19, 2019, 06:51 AM
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Last activity: Nov 23, 2019, 01:06 AM