[OpenAFS-devel] on sockets and devices in AFS

[Derrick Brashear]

On Sep 16, 2010, at 1:53 PM, chas williams - CONTRACTOR <chas@cmf.nrl.navy.m=
il> wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:58:22 +0200
> Derrick Brashear <shadow@dementia.org> wrote:
>=20
>=20
>> 2) if created locally they would cover a later file of the same name
>> if one is created
>=20
> how about a new 'file type' that is 'special' just like mounts.
> however, they would only have a local (to the client host)
> meaning.  old clients would see 'files' (with a strange prefix i
> guess) and new clients would be able to handle these things as special
> devices (named pipes and the like).=20
>=20
> not storing these files on the server seems like a non starter

writes-while-disconnected are already not stored on the server.=20