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From: vic <zandy@cs.wisc.edu>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] question about union dirs
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 11:38:35 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3d6r8wr90.fsf@nob.twindy.net> (raw)

Sounds reasonable.

> If a remote server gets disconnected from
> your machine, then the TCP or IL connection breaks

In the TCP case, suppose this search is the first
operation since the disconnection occurred (no prior
outstanding tcp transmissions).  Does the search block
until TCP gives up (13 or so minutes later), or is
the "hungup" condition somehow marked sooner?

> and that part of the union is marked as ``hungup''
> and ignored.

Can the user (of say rc) discover this?  For example,
suppose I expect to be getting /bin/foo from the
disconnected service.  If I quietly get a different
/bin/foo from something further down the union, I might
be baffled.

Vic


             reply	other threads:[~2002-09-20 16:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-20 16:38 vic [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-09-20 17:10 Russ Cox
2002-09-20 16:15 Russ Cox
2002-09-20 15:32 vic

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