"file locking" is not just around the corner... It has always been there, and has always worked fine... If you're meaning "byte range partial file locking", then yes, that is in the current release candidate for windows only, and is purely client side.
At best, you could determine who has callbacks against particular files, but not whether they have the file open. Callbacks are based on if the file is in the cache, not whether it's open. Now, you could determine if the file is open *AND* locked, but most file operations do not lock the file. Additionally, well behaved apps will keep files locked for as short a period of time as required for the use case. -- Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ Nathan Neulinger EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Missouri - Rolla Phone: (573) 341-6679 UMR Information Technology Fax: (573) 341-4216 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Bear > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 10:34 AM > To: openafs > Subject: [OpenAFS] who has that file open > > since file locking is 'just around the corner' for openafs (at least > I'm hopeful) the question I have now is will (is) there be a way to > ask the server who has a particular file open. the afs server has to > keep track of which client has a file open in order to force the cache > manager to do its callback functions correct? If so, there should be a > way to query the afs server to see who has fileX open. > > This would be a really nice feature... > > -- > David Bear > phone: 480-965-8257 > fax: 480-965-9189 > College of Public Programs/ASU > Wilson Hall 232 > Tempe, AZ 85287-0803 > "Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing" > _______________________________________________ > OpenAFS-info mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info > > _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
