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Re:x86 API Hooking Demystified (2012) by new_realist on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @12:14AM (#20399094)
On UNIX this sort of thing is typically done with a virtual file system.
Re:x86 API Hooking Demystified (2012) by asveikau on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @12:35AM (#20399174)
That sounds too fancy. If it operates on a given directory, you can write a very simple wrapper shell script to do that with tar.
Re:x86 API Hooking Demystified (2012) by pjc50 on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @03:47AM (#20399960)
Isn't it normally done with the similar technique of LD_PRELOAD, which unlike a vfs can be done from userland?
Re:x86 API Hooking Demystified (2012) by vthriller on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @06:41AM (#20400711)
> unlike a vfs can be done from userland

You can implement and mount such virtual FS entirely in userspace using FUSE.

Re:x86 API Hooking Demystified (2012) by sansnomme on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @05:06AM (#20400329)
What about Ubuntu/Debian's checkinstall?