> "In general, the File interface is appropriate for maintaining > arbitrary file trees (as in ramfs). The File interface is best avoided > when the tree structure is easily generated as necessary; this is true > when the tree is highly structured (as in cdfs and nntpfs) or is > maintained elsewhere." > > Is this referring to avoiding the usage of createfile and friends in > 9pfile.h for highly structured trees?
Yes. You can look at the named examples to see the alternative. My experience has been, well, what it says in the man page: the File interface was an interesting idea but is rarely useful. Russ
