RE: Volatile file handles

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From: Noveck, Dave (dave.noveck@netapp.com)
Date: 03/18/99-01:33:52 PM Z 

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From: "Noveck, Dave" <dave.noveck@netapp.com>
Subject: RE: Volatile file handles
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 11:33:52 -0800

Craig_Everhart writes: 
> Excerpts from transarc.external.nfs4-wg: 15-Mar-99 RE: Volatile file
> handles "Noveck, Dave"@netapp.co (8076*)
> 
> > A similar situation arises when trying to move a tree of 
> files to another
> > server (like an AFS volume).  The handles on the new server 
> are going to 
> > be different.
> 
> Just so this doesn't get mis-read, AFS itself doesn't use 
> different file
> handles in this case.  Nor does DFS.  The file handles stay the same
> regardless of the server that stores the volume/fileset.

Sorry about that.  What I should have said to be more clear is
that if you were attempting to do the same kind of thing and 
using volatile handles to do it, remapping using the names
alone (as the document now implies you should do) is a dangeours
procedure, unless the volume is read-only.

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