NAME

	cfs – cache file system

SYNOPSIS

	cfs –s [–dknrS] [–f partition] cfs –a netaddr [–dknrS] [–f partition] [mtpt] cfs –F srvfile [–dknrS] [–f partition] [mtpt]

DESCRIPTION

Cfs is a user–level file server that caches data from remote files onto a local disk. It is normally started by the kernel at boot time, though users may start it manually. Cfs is interposed between the kernel and a network connection to a remote file server to improve the efficiency of access across slow network connections such as modem lines. On each open of a file cfs checks the consistency of cached information and discards any old information for that file. Cfs mounts onto mtpt (default /mnt/cfs) after connecting to the file server. The options are: a netaddr dial the destination netaddr to connect to a remote file server. Exclusive with –F. d   turn on debugging. f partition use file partition as the cache disk partition. F srvfile open srvfile (often a file under /srv) to connect to a remote file server. Exclusive with –a. k   keep cache contents even if they might have come from a different server. Cfs will obey –r even if –k is given. n   mount the remote file server without authentication; often useful with –F. r   reformat the cache disk partition. s   the connection to the remote file server is on file descriptors 0 and 1. S   turn on statistics gathering. A file called cfsctl at the root of the caching file system can be read to get statistics concerning number of calls/bytes on client and server sides and latencies. All 9P messages except read, clone, and walk (see intro(5)) are passed through cfs unchanged to the remote server. If possible, a read is satisfied by cached data. Otherwise, the file server is queried for any missing data.

FILES

	/dev/sdC0/cache Default file used for storing cached data.

SOURCE

	/sys/src/cmd/cfs