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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