[Gluster-devel] trusted.glusterfs.version xattr
gordan at bobich.net
gordan at bobich.net
Tue May 6 19:07:46 UTC 2008
Hi,
Maybe I'm missing something important here, but something isn't making
sense to me.
When I create a file on the glusterfs mount, it gets version of "2". All
well and good. If I >> a line to it, it's version ticks up. So far so
good.
If I vi the file, add a line and save it, it's version resets back to
"2"!
What exactly is going on here? I'm sure that there is a perfectly good
explanation here (i.e. that vi removes the file and re-creates it anew),
but I just wanted to make sure this is a sane condition. Also, would this
not mean that following a disconnection, all vi-ed files would get
clobbered when the server reconnects and the file gets read?! This strikes
me as _INCREDIBLY_ dangerous. Too dangerous for any use, in fact.
Can somebody please tell me that I'm wrong here? Because I really hope
that I am.
Gordan
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