OSF DCE Administration Guide--Core Components

OSF DCE Administration Guide—Core Components
Figure 13-3. A Soft Link and Its Resolution
/.:/subsys/PrintQ/server1
/.:/subsys
/.:/subsys/PrintQ
/.:/subsys/Print1
/.:/Paris_CH
/.:/subsys/PrintQ/server1
Node 1
/.:/NY_CH
/.:/subsys/Print1
/.:/subsys
/.:/subsys/PrintQ
/.:/subsys/PrintQ/server1
Node 2
/.:/.:
= Replica
= Object entry
= Soft link
LEGEND:
Figure 13-4 shows the relationship between directories and their associated child
pointers. It illustrates that, although a child pointer has the same name as its associated
directory, the child pointer is a separate entry in the namespace and resides in the parent
of the directory to which it refers.
In the case of hierarchical cells, the directory resides in the child cell and the child
pointer, which has the same name as the associated directory and resides in the parent
cell.
The root replicas in both clearinghouses contain a child pointer for the /.:/subsys(:)
directory. The /.:/subsys child pointer has an attribute called CDS_Replicas which
contains the name and address of the /.:/NY_CH clearinghouse, where a replica of the
/.:/subsys directory exists.
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