Hi Fabrizio,
Yes, the stat request will redirect you to a suitable host. So, you can use
that. However, if you need to differentiate between read-only files and
writable files, then your only option is to do an open.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fabrizio Furano" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Andrew Hanushevsky" <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: "Xrootd Mailing List" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 4:29 AM
Subject: Locate for non-existing files (srm stuff)
> Hi Andy,
>
> for the srm stuff story, I am wondering if the stat request (used in the
> Locate primitive) is able to give a suitable destination data server for a
> copy. I believe not, but anyway, how can we deal with that in the srm
> stuff?
>
> Fabrizio
>
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