Coda File System

Re: File status w/ Coda?

From: Peter J. Braam <braam_at_cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 15:34:04 -0400
In Coda you will never be given blocks of a file that is being written
to -- Coda uses callbacks to deliver well delineated versions of data.

- Peter -


Dave Kelly wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Is it possible to determine the remote file status of
> a file? More specifically, I want to know if I can
> know (on the client's side) if the server is in the
> process of a disk write to that particular file.
> 
> The NFS RFC states that this is impossible due to it's
> stateless connection. Any ideas on how this could be done
> would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
> 
> Regards,
> David
Received on 1999-05-05 11:35:41