On Sep 16, 2010, at 1:53 PM, chas williams - CONTRACTOR <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:58:22 +0200
> Derrick Brashear <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> 2) if created locally they would cover a later file of the same name
>> if one is created
> 
> how about a new 'file type' that is 'special' just like mounts.
> however, they would only have a local (to the client host)
> meaning.  old clients would see 'files' (with a strange prefix i
> guess) and new clients would be able to handle these things as special
> devices (named pipes and the like). 
> 
> not storing these files on the server seems like a non starter

writes-while-disconnected are already not stored on the server. 

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