autofs-5.0.7 - document browse option in man page From: Ian Kent The "browse" option has remained undocumented for a long time. Finally add a section for it to auto.master(5) making special note of the potential performance implications. --- CHANGELOG | 1 + man/auto.master.5.in | 11 +++++++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG index ecdea0b..d8e4049 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG +++ b/CHANGELOG @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ - fix requires in spec file. - fix libtirpc build option to require libtirpc-devel if needed. - fix systemd unidir in spec file. +- document browse option in man page. 25/07/2012 autofs-5.0.7 ======================= diff --git a/man/auto.master.5.in b/man/auto.master.5.in index bbea43a..c552e56 100644 --- a/man/auto.master.5.in +++ b/man/auto.master.5.in @@ -147,6 +147,17 @@ multiple file systems should be mounted (`multimounts'). If this option is given, no file system is mounted at all if at least one file system can't be mounted. .TP +.I "[no]browse" +This is an autofs specific option that is a pseudo mount option and +so is given without a leading dash. Use of the browse option pre-creates +mount point directories for indirect mount maps so the map keys can be +seen in a directory listing without being mounted. Use of this option +can cause performance problem if the indirect map is large so it should +be used with caution. The internal program default is to enable browse +mode for indirect mounts but the default installed configuration overrides +this by setting BROWSE_MODE to "no" because of the potential performance +problem. +.TP .I "nobind" This is an autofs specific option that is a pseudo mount option and so is given without a leading dash. It may be used either in the master