RE: Questions about LOOKUP (not fsync :-)

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From: Boris Z. (boris@conley.com)
Date: 09/15/99-10:18:53 AM Z 

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From: "Boris Z." <boris@conley.com>
Subject: RE: Questions about LOOKUP (not fsync :-)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 11:18:53 -0400



On Wednesday, September 15, 1999 10:45 AM, Noveck, Dave [SMTP:dave.noveck@netapp.com] wrote:
> 
> A related suggestion:  How about a new error NFSERR4_SYMLINK
> to be used if LOOKUP's current file handle were a symbolic
> link instead of returning NOTDIR in this case.  Then the client
> could immediately do a READLINK on the appropriate handle
> when it got that error back without having to figure out why
> it got NOTDIR.

It's a good suggestion!

In addition it's good to know what component actually is a symlink.
So may be this error should be accomplished with the corresponding 
part of the multi-component pathname and a FH for it?

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