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authorMichael I. Bushnell <mib@gnu.org>1994-03-25 21:50:53 +0000
committerMichael I. Bushnell <mib@gnu.org>1994-03-25 21:50:53 +0000
commit0b1627d2ea983966429e3eaa2f50d252a5df54a3 (patch)
treed3d59257c8b1ec7313d5b75841cc6b54582ddc02 /hurd
parentc04b6e523f194d1026919448ad04eb87c6746890 (diff)
Formerly fs.defs.~76~
Diffstat (limited to 'hurd')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/fs.defs b/hurd/fs.defs
index d5023203..6a5c581c 100644
--- a/hurd/fs.defs
+++ b/hurd/fs.defs
@@ -266,7 +266,9 @@ routine dir_mkfile (
this call succeed. If existing is not MACH_PORT_NULL, then there
is already a translator for this file, and it should be used, with
the program specified by NAME to be used only if the EXISTING port
- dies.
+ dies. If TRANSLATOR is empty, then EXISTING is registered and the
+ node becomes untranslated if EXISTING becomes dead. If TRANSLATOR
+ is empty and EXISTING is null, then nothing happens.
Some filesystems understand some translators directly and
short-circuit the creation of the translator by the normal process.