Synchronization is based on file open/close, not read/write. If client 1 close()es the file before client 2 open()s it, then it will see the new one. Otherwise it will see the old one.
-derek "Jayme Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a question about file locking: > > We have 15 or so openAFS clients (mix of linux and windows) mounting an > AFS drive over the internet. An application writes a file to the openAFS > server from client #1 and another application begins to read that same > file on client #2 microseconds later. > What version of the file will client #2 read? > > I guess my question boils down to: > Does client #2 ask the server if the file is being written (changed) > every time it does a read? Or does it only ask when it's gotten a 'this > file has been modified notification'? > > Thanks! > > --Jayme > > -- > Jayme Cox > Sr Unix Sys Admin > Kabira Technologies > One McInnis Parkway > San Rafael, Ca 94903 > (415) 446-5041 > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenAFS-info mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
