Re: [Nbd] Exporting block-devices an copyonwrite

[Wilhelm <wilhelm.meier@...89...>]

Am 02.11.2010 10:43, schrieb Wouter Verhelst:
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:27:10AM +0100, Wilhelm wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> a simple question: if I export a block-device, e.g. say /dev/sdd1 and
>> set copyonwrite = true, where are the cow-files placed in the filesystem?
>>     
> Right next to the original file. 

For example above, will I get a regular file
/dev/sdd1-192.168.1.1-1234.diff ?

> There's currently no way to change
> that, though I've had people ask me to make that possible.
>   

If the above is true, this would be extremly helpful.

> The name would be "/export/file-192.168.1.1-1123.diff", if the client is
> 192.168.1.1, the file exported /export/file, and the PID of the server
> doing the export is 1123.
>
>   


-- 
Wilhelm