Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:29382 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752546Ab1CGOOJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Mar 2011 09:14:09 -0500 Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p27EE9vl013733 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2011 09:14:09 -0500 Message-ID: <4D74E830.6020406@RedHat.com> Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:14:08 -0500 From: Steve Dickson To: Masatake YAMATO CC: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Read /etc/exports.d/*.export as extra export files References: <20110306.151123.1031846434411534102.yamato@redhat.com> <4D74D822.4000009@RedHat.com> <4D74DAE7.5060503@RedHat.com> <20110307.225054.778816292497413667.yamato@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20110307.225054.778816292497413667.yamato@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 On 03/07/2011 08:50 AM, Masatake YAMATO wrote: >> >> >> 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 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). > > I see. I didn't think what is the best suffix the file such deeply. > Do I need to resubmit a patch for s/.export/.exports/g? No... I'll take care of it... steved.