From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Sam <sah@softcardsystems.com>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] useful replica messages 
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Date: Fri,  7 Mar 2003 15:10:08 -0500
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Hrm - ok, then I'm not totally confused.
	man 1 bind | sed -n '/  -c/,/^$/p'
states that the creation lands in the union
directory bound with a -c.  Russ's suggested
trick gives me the effect I was after, but
feels kinda shifty.  What benefit do we
get from specifying this mechanism this way?

Sam

On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Dan Cross wrote:

> > I suppose I incorrectly presumed I could
> > -a and expect creations to land in $home/replica.
> > Is there no mechanism for this, and/or is the
> > expected usage supposed to be the reverse;
> > that I'ld go to /sys/src/cmd/replica and
> > bind -bc $home/replica?
>
> No, you were correct in your assumption.  You just forgot the ``-c''
> option to bind to allow creation in the new union directory.
>
> 	- Dan C.
>