NFS problems: ed(1) doesn't work on NFS mounted filesystem!?!?
Greyham Stoney
greyham at hades.OZ
Sat Mar 3 07:00:53 AEST 1990
Ok, how's this for a bug:
SYMPTOM:
when using ed(1) on a file that is on a filesystem that is NFS mounted
from a remote host, every second 'w' (write) fails with a '?',
starting with the first. every other 'w' succeeds. Bizarre!
SYSTEM:
386/ix 2.0.2 with NFS over TCP/IP.
REPEAT-BY:
cd <nfs-mounted-directory>
ed file
w (will fail with '?')
w (will succeed with '0')
w (will fail with '?')
w (will succeed with '0')
etc etc
Note: if 'file' existed already, you'll get a different number than 0;
but otherwise it's as above. ed diagnostics don't help much.
Anyone got any clues on why this happens and perhaps a fix?.
Greyham.
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