From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <13426df10812191141q57b37477j8501c097adf8ff51@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:41:02 -0800 From: "ron minnich" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <509071940812191121q7cbd36e4yf6ac6abf04cd84c2@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <59EE20C6-0043-4517-ADDA-4BC5C4D24D74@sun.com> <13426df10812181603l56910094m7165f27179047a3a@mail.gmail.com> <8FC3CE71-0E96-4A7E-82E3-0A32722F0EFD@sun.com> <13426df10812181926w7ef1d03bj2ad1befce75b3dc8@mail.gmail.com> <13426df10812190844p2f10c4afr85147e1f0a41a723@mail.gmail.com> <509071940812191121q7cbd36e4yf6ac6abf04cd84c2@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] 9pfuse and O_APPEND Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6a796598-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Anthony Sorace wrote: >> client by definition knows more than the server. > > i assume you mean "knows less"? the server knows where EOF is and > which files to enforce append-only on. your #1 seems to only exist > because the client doesn't have that info. in stateless, client knows more, believe it or not. ron