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authorThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2007-10-13 11:57:48 +0000
committerThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2007-10-13 11:57:48 +0000
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2007-10-13 Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>
* hurd.texi (Invoking fsysopts): Elaborate on augmenting-rather-than-replacing policy.
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+2007-10-13 Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>
+
+ * hurd.texi (Invoking fsysopts): Elaborate on
+ augmenting-rather-than-replacing policy.
+
2007-08-16 Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
- * hurd.texi: Document diskfs_set_node_atime.
+ * hurd.texi (Diskfs Node Management): Document diskfs_set_node_atime.
2007-03-16 Ben Asselstine <benasselstine@gmail.com>
Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>
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@@ -2144,6 +2144,13 @@ some common ones are:
If no options are supplied, @var{filesys}' current options are
printed.
+The options passed as @var{fs_option}s are meant to augment or change those
+which are already set, they're not meant to completely replace the existing
+command line options. For example, passing @code{--readonly} to a file system
+server will change the server from writable to read-only, but will not touch
+the used backing store. Passing @code{--address=new_IP} to
+@file{/servers/socket/2} will change the local IP address to @var{new_IP}, but
+will not touch the interface, netmask and gateway settings.
@node Trivfs Library
@section Trivfs Library