Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 11:37:45 -0500 From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The usage of MNT_RELOAD Message-ID: <19990908113744.F88000@holly.calldei.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990908114318.21415A-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu> References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990908114318.21415A-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu>
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On Wed, Sep 08, 1999, Zhihui Zhang wrote: > > The flag MNT_RELOAD is not documented in mount manpages. From the source > code, I find that it is always used along with MNT_UPDATE which can be > speficied by user (-u option). Can anyone explain the usage of MNT_RELOAD > for me? It seems not to be used normally. It looks like it 'reloads' the file system when you change the mount flags, e.g. changing a synchronous file system to an asynchronous file system, without really un-mounting it. -- |Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> |Base 8 is just like base 10, if you are missing two fingers. - Tom Lehrer `-------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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