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From: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: vn_ routines
Message-ID: <1991Mar14.154521.29300@nmt.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 91 15:45:21 GMT
References: <1991Mar8.002636.4940@nmt.edu> <5866@awdprime.UUCP>
Reply-To: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
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In article <5866@awdprime.UUCP> web@farpoint.austin.ibm.com (Bill Baker) writes:
>>Does anyone know where all the vn_ routines are kept? 

>My apologies for the confusing documentation.  The vn_ routines described
>in the documentation are an attempt to define the entry points for a new file
>system type that you would write.  

Does this mean they don't actually exist? I'll say the documentation is
confusing:
---------

    Description

      The vn_create subroutine creates a VREG type of  vnode (vir-
  tual node) in the directory specified by the dp parameter.
  (Other  vnode operations create directories and  special files.)

[...]
      Note:     The  logical file system calls the  vn_lookup subroutine
  before calling the vn_create subroutine.

     Execution Environment

      The vn_create subroutine can be called from the  process en-
  vironment only.
[...]
-----------
Sure is documented like a real routine. That "Note:" in particular seems to
imply these routines are actually used in AIX. And nothing anywhere in any of 
them to indicate they are only templates.

Apology accepted, but I would like to make a suggestion - please change the 
documentation in the next update. Thank you.
-- 
Ruth Milner
Systems Manager                     NRAO/VLA                    Socorro NM
                            rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu