From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Smith Subject: How exactly does timeout work? Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:45:54 -0400 Message-ID: <1176133554.30046.175.camel@psmithub> Reply-To: psmith@netezza.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: autofs-bounces@linux.kernel.org Errors-To: autofs-bounces@linux.kernel.org To: autofs@linux.kernel.org I've looked around but I couldn't find an answer to this question. There are a lot of offhand comments saying the filesystem will be unmounted after timeout seconds, but that's not very precise. If, for example, I set --timeout=60, does that mean the FS will unmount 60 seconds after it was last accessed? Or, does it mean that every 60 seconds automount will wake up and see if anyone is using the filesystem, and if not unmount it? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith http://netezza.com "Please remain calm--I may be mad, but I am a professional."--Mad Scientist ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are my opinions--Netezza takes no responsibility for them.