Resolving Symbolic Links While Avoiding Timeout

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I am currently resolving a list of symbolic links in C (POSIX environment). Some of which point to an NFS. Some of the NFS have been taken offline temporarily. Is there a way to avoid or minimize timeouts when resolving an offline NFS?

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 03 '14 at 22:37

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The only way I can think of to avoid those waits would be to test in advance whether that NFS directory is available, and if not to unmount it so it appears as a local empty directory (which would fail quickly).

Or you could use a protocol other than NFS, which would let you set timeouts more explicitly.

edited Mar 03 '14 at 22:37

twalberg

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answered Mar 03 '14 at 19:55

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What does the National Science Foundation have to do with the Networked File System? – twalberg Mar 03 '14 at 21:47
"Dyslexics of the world, UNTIE!" ... fixed. – keshlam Mar 03 '14 at 22:08

Resolving Symbolic Links While Avoiding Timeout

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