>> There's no bit anywhere where we get to say "we're >> a network file system". They may skip file systems >> with the fstype "nfs" or "afs" or something along >> those lines...
Yep, it turns out that's exactly what they do. The one that comes with our SuSE distribution will, by default, skip all filesystems of the following types ... PRUNEFS="nfs NFS proc afs smbfs autofs" The one from the gnu.org FTP site has a more extensive list, but still doesn't include PVFS ... PRUNEFS="nfs NFS proc afs proc smbfs autofs iso9660 ncpfs coda devpts ftpfs devfs mfs sysfs shfs" (I guess they wanted to be doubly certain they'd skip "proc" filesystems. ;-) So anyway ... Yeah, as you suggested earlier it might be a worthwhile thing to add to the FAQ, to warn people to add "pvfs2" to their PRUNEFS list, to prevent their PVFS systems from getting hosed as zillions of systems fire off a daily "updatedb" simultaneously. _______________________________________________ Pvfs2-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.beowulf-underground.org/mailman/listinfo/pvfs2-users
