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I could use the feature as I am preparing for a migration from the regular xrootd server to the podman container. Thanks, Bockjoo On 8/14/23 16:34, Justas Balcas wrote: > Can this be implemented, please ? > > This would be very beneficial for migrations and storage improvements, > where you want to change object and stripe sizes and or add new > features for distributed file systems at directory level. > > On Mon, 14 Aug 2023 at 11:57, Andrew Hanushevsky > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > No there is not. The reason is that XRootD actually does not support > symlinks in the traditional way. Notice there is no way to create a > symlink without logging into the server. In XRootD symlinks are > reserved > for administrative purposes. > > On Mon, 14 Aug 2023, Justas Balcas wrote: > > > Let's say I have this structure: > > /store/data/foo.root > > /store/newdata/foo.root -> (symlink) to /store/data/foo.root > > > > rm cmd for `rm /store/newdata/foo.root` will delete symlink, but > it will > > not follow symlink. Meaning file /store/data/foo.root will > remain intact. > > > > In XRootD removing the symlink will follow it, and will delete > the file too > > (gfal-rm davs://...). Is there a flag inside XRootD to tell it > to delete > > only symlink, but not follow and delete real file? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > ######################################################################## > > Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list > > > > To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-L list, click the following link: > > > https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-L&A=1 > <https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-L&A=1> > > > > ######################################################################## > Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list > > To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-L&A=1 > <https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-L&A=1> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list > > To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-L&A=1 > <https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-L&A=1> > ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-L&A=1