But would 

user    machine1:/dir/&
user    machine2:/dir/&

work if machine1 was down ?

Thanks
Isaac


On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Ed Breen wrote:

> James O'Kane wrote:
> > 
> > I'm not sure I understand this part of the manual:
> > 
> > ----------------
> >        A * in the key field matches all keys.  An example for the
> >        usefulness is the following entry:
> > 
> >          *         &:/home/&
> > 
> >        This will enable you to access all the home  directory  of
> >        local  hosts  using  the  path /mountpoint/hostname/local-
> >        path.
> 
> I'm confused also, cause the only way it makes sense to
> me is via:
> 
>       *       machine:/home/&
> 
> Another problem is that auto.home seems to only allow
> one wild card entry. For example I would have thought
> the following would work, but I can't seem to get it to work:
> 
>       *       machine1:/dir/&
>       *       machine2:/dir/&
> 
> 
> What appears to happen is the first entry gets accepted
> and 2nd gets ignored.
> 
> Ed.
> 
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>       Ed. Breen
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