Re: NFSv4 draft (new version)

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From: Uresh Vahalia (vahalia@emc.com)
Date: 07/12/98-05:01:14 PM Z 

Message-ID: <35A9322A.21395DF3@emc.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 18:01:14 -0400
From: Uresh Vahalia <vahalia@emc.com>
Subject: Re: NFSv4 draft (new version)

> 
> > (3) Search and find support - for Internet searching and web
> crawling
> 
> Searching for what?  Names of files in directories or strings within
> the contents of a file?  Efficient searching usually demands
> indexing on the server and other database-like constructs.  I am
> not convinced this is within the scope of a filesystem.  Do you know
> of any existing filesystems that support this type of operation?
> 

I guess the obvious answer is wildcards and glob'ing on the server. 
This would not help the UNIX clients much, since the shell and other
stuff would filter this out at a much higher level.  It certainly should
help PC-NFS clients.  On the other hand, it puts a greater load on the
server, so I would not be in favor of it.

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