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Re: problem with getfh & nfs
On Thu, Oct 26, 2000, Schlomo Schapiro wrote about "problem with getfh & nfs":
>..
> Also, what can I do to get rid of stale NFS handles ? I mean besides
> rebooting the machine (which is not a Linux-style solution).
I hope you'll get a better answer, but I just wanted to point out one thing:
one of the nice things about Linux (and Unix in general) is the decoupling
of the various parts of the system, and when one fails you can (at least in
priciple) restart it, without having to restart the whole system ("reboot").
What Windows users know as "reboot the system for this tiny configuration
change to take effect" is known in Unix as "restart this one tiny service
for the changes to it to take effect".
So if you're having problems with NFS on one filesystem, you can umount it,
and mount it again, and that should (minus any bugs) clear all the handles,
caches, and such stuff from the time of the old mount.
[I know nfs is in the kernel now, but I hope that it still follows the general
Unix philosophy]
> PS: Please reply to the list only
>
> PPS: List-master ! Please reinstate the Reply-To: header field !
;)
As usual (without the reply-to) you'll get this reply to the list and to
yourself - pressing "g"(roup reply) is easier than having to cut and paste
the list address myself...
All you YAY-sayers out there: there's still a little time to vote!
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