[2283] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
Re: not cache when writting to afs area
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael T. Stolarchuk)
Mon Jan 17 21:39:17 1994
To: Joseph_Jackson@transarc.com
Cc: Info-AFS@transarc.com, Amir Ilbeig <ilbeig@math.uh.edu>,
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Jan 1994 16:51:35 EST."
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 19:51:59 -0500
From: "Michael T. Stolarchuk" <mts@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>
Joseph_Jackson@transarc.com writes:
"Amir,
I don't know any way of writing files into AFS without first writing
to an AFS client cache directory"
Amir Ilbeig <ilbeig@math.UH.EDU> writes:
> My problem is when I load data or install application software to
> AFS disk it will take longer time because it write to AFS disk and
> my cache disk when I do this from AFS client.
Yes, there are ways of doing just what <Joseph_Jackson@transarc.com>, but
not exactly what <ilbeig@math.UH.EDU> wants. We have had here for quite
a while a set of tools to write directly into afs files. The tools were
used mainly to learn about AFS protocol, but then evolved into an TCL
extension to issue AFS file protocol.
The first version of the tool read AFS files, but writing files would be
an easy hack. The current constraint on that tool is the file has to
exist first.
The tcl based AFS protocol generator could be used to do much more.
Though it wouln't easily dove-tail with tar or cpio (for example).
mts.
