[OpenAFS] re mapping volume names to mount points
steve rader
rader@ginseng.hep.wisc.edu
Mon, 25 Feb 2002 13:27:51 -0600
> From: "Neulinger, Nathan"
> About the only ways to do this are:
> 1. Recursing through entire cell checking every mount point and
> recording it
> 2. Salvaging each volume with the flag that lists mount points
> Either way is slow. Problem is that there can be from 0 - N mount points
> for any given volume, and they don't necessarily even have to be on
> servers you own.
I kinda figured, but didn't want to jump to conclusions.
I just realized the most simplest way: use volume naming
conventions. In other words, make ugly assumptions like
root.afs -> /afs/hep.wisc.edu
i386-linux22 -> /afs/hep.wisc.edu/i386-linux22
user.rader -> /afs/hep.wisc.edu/user/rader
steve
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systems & network guy
high energy physics
university of wisconsin