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| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/fs.defs | 4 |
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. |