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Re: Running several instances of an fs server...
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Neal H. Walfield |
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Re: Running several instances of an fs server... |
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24 Jul 2002 12:40:03 +0200 |
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> > Um, Marcus, this "much more complex protocol" is just flock.
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> We could do better than flock. flock can be used to just protect against the
> simultaneous use of the same storage for two filesystems, but it could only
> be used to detect the situation and throw an error if it occurs. However, I
> spoke about "take over" above on purpose.
I think Miles came up with a similar solution in 1996. Take a look at
mount/mount.defs in the Hurd source tree.