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❄️ A white fog 🗂️ A hidden file marker ✏️ To cover errors 🌫️ To lose visibility 🗂️ To hide a file
to whiteout

to whiteout

9.5
To create a marker in a layered file system that hides a file from lower layers
  • verb
  • /ˈwaɪtˌaʊt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : marcar como eliminado
  • Engineers often whiteout outdated files during image creation to keep containers clean.

Examples

  • The deployment script will whiteout the legacy file in the overlay before building the image.

  • When merging layers, remember to whiteout lower-layer entries to simplify the file list.

  • When the updater ran, it whiteouted several lower-layer files to prevent conflicts.

  • You can whiteout the old files to keep the view clean.

  • I accidentally whiteouted the wrong document yesterday.

  • Engineers often whiteout obsolete files during image creation to ensure a clean view.

  • The deployment script will whiteout any previous versions of the file to avoid confusion.

Synonyms

to screen out
vsto whiteout
9 4.3

To check and remove people or things that are not wanted

marks a lower layer file as deleted so it stays hidden rather than filtering items
to blot out
vsto whiteout
8 5.4

Hide something so you cannot see it or remember it

uses a system marker to hide a lower layer file instead of covering it
to white out
vsto whiteout
  • US
1 3.9

To cover writing with white fluid so it cannot be seen

marks a lower layer file as deleted rather than covering the original content
to blank out
vsto whiteout
  • Literature
1 6.4

To remove words or other information from a document to hide them

marks a lower layer file as deleted so it is hidden in the merged view

Surface Forms

whiteout infinitive
whiteouted past
whiteouted past participle
whiteouting present participle
whiteouts third person singular

Etymology

Whiteout as a computing verb means to mark a file from a lower layer so it is hidden in the combined view, much like 'whiting out' a line on paper. So to whiteout a file is to mark it as deleted so it no longer shows.