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Subject: Re: [9fans] patch(1)
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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 21:38:17 +0100
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> siphon is intended for a very different task.  the main difference
> is that they're trying to present a single file system, just distributed.
> as such the changes propagate in both directions and all the replicas
> are assumed to be continuously connected.

bits of the siphon can do exactly what replica/* does.  i've done it;
managed all of PRL's ULTRIX machines with it.