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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
From: "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <tb+usenet@becket.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9
Date: Tue,  6 Nov 2001 17:54:05 +0000
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anothy@cosym.net writes:

> the processes name space, _then_ eventually by consulting
> the appropriate file server. said file server may be a
> "real" fs with lots of disk running a special kernel, a
> user-land process providing disk access, a local kernel
> device, a memory-based file system imported from another
> system, a dmon on a unix box...

You don't understand my point at all, I'm afraid.

If a link is found in the process's name space, then it *isn't* found
on a remote file server.