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From: snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: //host vs "mount point"
Message-ID: <9563@tekecs.TEK.COM>
Date: 24 Dec 87 17:28:57 GMT
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In article <9514@tekecs.TEK.COM> andrew@frip.gwd.tek.com (Andrew Klossner) writes:

>    % ls -ld //lemming//hammer//tekecs
>    ls : //lemming//hammer//tekecs : Too many levels of symbolic links

>(There were no symlinks among these three roots.)

Obviously someone should fix the error message.

>	"And you *can* mount remote filesystems if you really want to."

>No you can't:

>    % /etc/mount //lemming/dev/ds66a /l
>    mount : //lemming/dev/ds66a on /l : Reference is to remote file (sys74)

Well, it *used* to let you do this.  Fortunately there is no need for it.

Snoopy
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