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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt index ba99b5ac4fd8..c5254f6d234d 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/afs.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Contents: - Overview. - Usage. - Mountpoints. + - Dynamic root. - Proc filesystem. - The cell database. - Security. @@ -127,6 +128,22 @@ mounted on /afs in one go by doing: umount /afs +============ +DYNAMIC ROOT +============ + +A mount option is available to create a serverless mount that is only usable +for dynamic lookup. Creating such a mount can be done by, for example: + + mount -t afs none /afs -o dyn + +This creates a mount that just has an empty directory at the root. Attempting +to look up a name in this directory will cause a mountpoint to be created that +looks up a cell of the same name, for example: + + ls /afs/grand.central.org/ + + =============== PROC FILESYSTEM =============== |