From owner-freebsd-fs Wed Sep 8 9:39:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7943714E3A; Wed, 8 Sep 1999 09:39:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org (adsl-216-62-157-60.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net) by mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.05.24.18.28.p7) with ESMTP id <0FHR00J6P27CES@mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net>; Wed, 8 Sep 1999 11:38:01 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA92249; Wed, 08 Sep 1999 11:37:49 -0500 (CDT envelope-from chris) Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 11:37:45 -0500 From: Chris Costello Subject: Re: The usage of MNT_RELOAD In-reply-to: To: Zhihui Zhang Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chris@calldei.com Message-id: <19990908113744.F88000@holly.calldei.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.6i References: Sender: owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 |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-fs" in the body of the message