Coda File System

Re: Coda totally breaks the file system

From: Robert Forsman <thoth_at_purplefrog.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 10:24:02 -0500
Greg Troxel <gdt_at_fnord.ir.bbn.com> ,in message <rmi1ysykdw7.fsf_at_fnord.ir.bbn.co
	m>, wrote: 

> There is a mild argument for avoiding mounts in /.  Long ago, I used
> systems with fs foo on machine bar in /nfs/bar/foo.  This had the
> advantage that 'ls -l /' didn't hang the system in the case of a dead
> server.  With coda, this should be temporary and only last 30 seconds
> or so when it goes down, so this isn't so serious.

  I'm sure that nobody will mind waiting 30 seconds for "pwd" to return.

-- 
Bob Forsman                                   thoth_at_gainesville.fl.us
           http://www.gainesville.fl.us/~thoth/
Received on 2001-02-16 10:24:11