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From: ekrell@hector.UUCP (Eduardo Krell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards,comp.arch
Subject: Re: RFS vs. NFS
Message-ID: <10184@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com>
Date: 26 Mar 88 22:57:20 GMT
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Reply-To: ekrell@hector (Eduardo Krell)
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill
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In article <7765@apple.Apple.Com> jk@apple.UUCP (John Kullmann) writes:
>The key difference between NFS and RFS is:
>	Everyone wants and uses NFS and no one wants or uses RFS.

I thought the key difference was that RFS maintains true Unix
semantics when the file is remote. NFS does not (locks, for
instance).
    
    Eduardo Krell                   AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ

    UUCP: {ihnp4,ucbvax}!ulysses!ekrell		ARPA: ekrell@ulysses.att.com