[OpenAFS-devel] want to use openafs to get remote files back to local cache
Derek Atkins
warlord@MIT.EDU
06 Jan 2002 12:02:05 -0500
Those docuemtns are references that describe the AFS interfaces.
I believe that are fairly out-of-date to the current AFS code.
What you want to do has already been implemented in the AFS Client
code. Have you looked at the current AFS Cache Manager? Have
you tried installing OpenAFS?
-derek
=?big5?B?s6+kubh0?= <u85021@ice.ntnu.edu.tw> writes:
> Thanks for your answer.
> I found some document about "AFS-3 Programmer's Reference". There are five
> pdf document files that I download them from openafs online document. Their
> names are "Architectural Overview", "Authentication Server Interface", "Bos
> Server Interface", "File Server/Cache Manager Interface", "Specification for
> the Rx Remote Procedure Call Facility", "Volume Server/Volume Location
> Server Interface". I want to design an intelligent system that can
> automatically prefetch remote files from server to the client. Can I use AFS
> and program on it to attain my goal? If not, what can AFS-3 Programmer's
> Reference do on AFS system?
> Thanks so much.
>
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> From: "Derek Atkins" <warlord@MIT.EDU>
> To: "³¯¤¹¸t" <u85021@ice.ntnu.edu.tw>
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> Subject: Re: [OpenAFS-devel] [OpenAFS-devel]want to use openafs to get
> remote files back to local cache
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>
> > Any machine running an AFS Client can access any (non-firewalled) AFS
> > Servers in the world. The client automatically caches any files
> > accessed (depending on the size of the local cache). So it sounds
> > like you want to use AFS. I'm not sure what kind of programming
> > interface you are looking for -- AFS is a File System and hooks into
> > the client Operating System's file system interface.
> >
> > -derek
> >
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> > > I want to use openafs to catch remote files. Because I want to design a
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> > > can quickly get his own files. I know that AFS provide programming =
> > > interface, can anyone know how to implement getting specified remote =
> > > files by AFS? Can AFS programming interface help me to do it? Thanks
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