*- On 25 Jan, Rich McClellan wrote about "Re: directory listing..."
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Brian Servis wrote:
>
>> *- On 25 Jan, Rich McClellan wrote about "directory listing..."
> [-----------------%< snip -----------------------]
>>
>> Make a directory of symlinks that point to your actual mount points that
>> are controlled by the automounter. Thus the symlinks will be orphaned
>> links until they are used. Take a look at
>> http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/Amd_AutoFS/autofs-5.html#ss5.3.
>>
>> Example: Let autofs manage everything under /.autofs/net and then make
>> /net a farm of symlinks to /.autofs/net as in:
>>
>> /net/machine1 -> /.autofs/net/machine1 where /.autofs/net/machine1 is
>> created by the automounter when someone cd's to /net/machine1.
>>
>> #/etc/auto.master
>> /.autofs/net /etc/auto.net
>>
>> #/etc/auto.net
>> machine1 <options> <location>
>>
>
> Thanks for the reply, but I think that creates a new annoyance. The
> problem with this method--I think*-- is that when the user leaves
> /net/machine1 with a `cd ..` s/he will be in /.autofs/net which is
> confusing to new users and annoying to others.
>
> *I have sym links from /usr/local/<software_package> to
> /misc/<software_package> and the above problem occurs.
>
That depends on the shell I guess. I use tcsh and have the variable
'symlinks' set to 'ignore'. Example:
{~}[28]>cd /bri/c
{/bri/c}[29]>echo $cwd
/bri/c
{/bri/c}[30]>pwd
/.autofs/bri/c
{/bri/c}[31]>cd ..
{/bri}[32]>echo $cwd
/bri
{/bri}[33]>pwd
/bri
I don't know if other shells handle it like this as well or not. But I
don't recall bash having problems with this either, let's see.....
{~}[37]>bash
bash-2.03$ cd /bri/c
bash-2.03$ pwd
/bri/c
bash-2.03$ pwd -P
/.autofs/bri/c
bash-2.03$ cd ..
bash-2.03$ pwd
/bri
Brian Servis
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