From: Lance Kibblewhite (LanceKi@Attachmate.com)
Date: 07/10/98-10:40:32 AM Z
Message-ID: <E1CBD72DEEFDD011914400608CBA63D1162182@exch-mcl1.eco.twg.com> From: Lance Kibblewhite <LanceKi@Attachmate.com> Subject: 'generation' attribute Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 08:40:32 -0700 There are some file systems in which modification of a directory by adding, deleting, or renaming files, does not cause the modification date of a directory to changed. These don't work too well with those clients that assume otherwise for cache consistency purposes. As an alternative, how about including a 'generation' attribute, which I similar to the cookie verifier for directories. If a client sees that the 'generation' has changed, then it knows the cache is out of date.
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