If you do fs lsm /afs/.<Cell-Name> /afs/<Cell-Name>
you'll see something like '/afs/.Cell-Name' is a mount point for volume '%root.cell' '/afs/Cell-Name' is a mount point for volume '#root.cell' The difference is '%root.cell' will hit the read-write copy of root.cell, while '#root.cell' will hit a read-only copy if one is available. Once you hit a read-write, you'll get read-write volumes from there on down. It looks as though your cell's root.cell volume has a couple of entries that are not in the read-only replicas yet. Once somebody does a vos release root.cell you will see the other entries in the "normal" path. In short, it's an easy way to see the all-writable view of your cell's volumes. On 11/29/2011 01:44 PM, Hunter McMillen sent: > Hi everyone, > > This is probably a real beginner question but why do some cellnames begin > with a period? I couldn't find anything about this in the docs, or perhaps > I missed it but I was hoping someone could clear up my confusion. > > example: > There are two entries the cell name, one with a '.' in front of it and one > without. > > ls /afs/<Cell-Name> > ls /afs/.<Cell-Name> > > The cell without the '.' has folders named: service and users inside it, > The cell with the '.' has folders named: service, users, bin, and share. > > > Thanks, > Hunter McMillen -- +--------------------------------------------------------------+ / [email protected] 919-445-9302 http://www.unc.edu/~utoddl / / A plateau is a high form of flattery. / +--------------------------------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
