[Info-vax] Request description of UFS for VMS person

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Bob Eager <rde42 at spamcop.net> wrote:
 
> Neither. Nothing happens on the disk. The file system support in the 
> kernel merely records i-numbers and 'file systems' for all 'mount 
> points'. Any attempt to access a directory that has something mounted on
> it is redirected to the root directory of the mounted file system. 
> Obviously the redirection varies, as different mounted file system types
> have their own code.

For NFS mounts, it doesn't have to be the root of the
mounted file system.  It is usual to export the whole file
though I believe the actual requirement is not to export
a child of another export point.  You can mount any subdirectory
or the whole file system.

-- glen