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Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:17:27 -0500
From: Steve Dickson <SteveD@redhat.com>
To: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Read /etc/exports.d/*.export as extra export files
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On 03/07/2011 08:05 AM, Steve Dickson wrote:
> 
> 
> On 03/06/2011 01:11 AM, Masatake YAMATO wrote:
>> On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 20:51:06 -0500, Jim Rees <rees@umich.edu> wrote
>>> Steve Dickson wrote:
>>>
>>>   Now, I realize you added the ".export" explanation to the man page 
>>>   but is there a particular reason why file in that directory have 
>>>   to end with ".export"? Out of "easy of use" sake, should any 
>>>   and all files that exist in that directory be expected to 
>>>   be exports files?
>>>
>>> I don't know if that's the best way to do it, but I think it would be useful
>>> to have a way to keep files in the directory that don't get automatically
>>> read.  As an analogy, I have the following files in my /etc/init:
>>>
>>> portmap.conf           This is the real one that gets used
>>> portmap.conf~          This is a backup file produced by emacs
>>> portmap.conf-20100603  This is the file that came with my distro
>>>
>>> Only the first one gets used, which is what I want, because it's the only
>>> one ending in ".conf".
> This makes sense... 
> 
>>
>> Jim, thank you for explanation. He wrote what I'd like to write.
>>
>> This technique is borrowed from util-linux-ng; libmount.so reads
>> only *.fstab under /etc/fstab.d.
>>
>>
>> In addition, ".export" suffix tells an editor which syntax highlighter
>> should be used when editing .export file:P
> True... But I noticed the suffix that gvim looks for is ".exports"
> not ".export". 
> 
> What editor are you using and does it look for a ".export" by default?
> 
After thinking about this a little longer, I think making the 
suffix ".exports" does make sense. Along with the that being 
the default syntax  highlighter for gvim, more importantly, its
also the name of the man page, exports(5).

steved.