Messages in this thread | | | From | "Sunil Khandwala" <> | Subject | Re: Transparent mounts | Date | Thu, 18 Nov 1999 15:19:29 -0600 |
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I seem to remember that clearcase does eclipse files, and its not so easy to discover what it eclipsed unless one uses clearcases own versions of ls, etc., which means 2 ls commands in effect.
(I may be wrong here...its been a while since i used clearcase) --Sunil
-----Original Message----- From: Anton Ivanov <aivanov@eu.level3.net> To: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>; Riley Williams <rhw@memalpha.cx> Date: Thursday, November 18, 1999 12:07 PM Subject: Re: Transparent mounts
>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hi, > >Lots of the stuff suggested/discussed sound like Rational's filesystem for >clearcase. If I recall correctly what they do is provide two interfaces for >access > > 1. Non-per user - accessible as a normal mounted fs which are mounted >if the view is active. > 2. Per user which I think is actually cheating the user process by >intercepting functions (this is what the user sees after setting a view with >cleartool). > >(My familiarity with CC is mostly at the user level so any gurus please correct >me). > >So the suggestion is: > >1. Leave the per-user stuff to a pre-load library (and or set of utilities) that >uses some API to the underlying fs to chose exactly what it shows to the user >process. > >2. The transparent mounts themselves when mounted as filesystems to are not per >user and they are configurable what they show during the mount operation. > >- ---------------------------------- >Anton R. Ivanov >IP Engineer Level3 Communications >RIPE: ARI2-RIPE E-Mail: Anton Ivanov <aivanov@eu.level3.net> >@*** Gallois's Revelation *** > If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out but > tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very > expensive machine, is somehow ennobled, and no one dares to > criticize it. > >- ---------------------------------- > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: 2.6.3ia >Charset: noconv > >iQEVAwUBODQ/DilWAw/bM84zAQFiNwf+JVlWLzhIs5N3VXbMcFn4xxAoFnzxtnv0 >6WU7cTKQj9Fq0l9rmAQnL6DgoedvIsfzsIBrTV7DBw8CpPUd5T4bA5FmL4JYxPIe >LNOuYmy6y+vNVE5n+obDoaFdfqLA9KYmYS/vjmP7OMuWS0XIae17tHlYsFOnjl22 >Vip2e2eZTG95LD+Wt6DiJxs/1MJa4XONIvNzD9mr+DxKr4k0zroPu/NS4MYDr25c >asD/iHOmjE6gG72bPkYMF2qAQjYKLIThAFkye2Uj58kV7rfRXvpQgB0YJP/uer6O >u8MtkJndGUNYoJgWBcII7mFsUYfLHYeXa+gUEVhzZywUXcteBAKlkw== >=kf7/ >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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