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Subject: Re: [9fans] autofs
From: rog@vitanuova.com
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Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 13:23:58 +0100
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it's better, i think, if the directories are refcounted and disappear
when not referenced, otherwise the directory tends to fill up with
garbage.
(e.g. try:
	autofs
	cd /n
	sdfvgsdf
	ls -l
)

that was the most tricky thing about the original implementation
(remember to account for walk to "..")

i *think* i preferred autodir as a name (after all, it only
automatically creates directories, not files) but that's just a matter
of taste.  maybe "autodirfs"...?

the other thing is perhaps it should by default bind itself *after*
the usual contents of /n.  this means it doesn't obscure any currently
mounted stuff; also, there's a potential performance hit from using it
(an additional interaction with a user-level program when walking to
directories through /n), so perhaps one should continue to allow the
old statically created /n directories too where that might be an
issue.

  cheers,
    rog.