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| automount | Frequent file system | For the positive |
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| access to a directory | AutoFS cache, an |
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| information about a | will sometimes not |
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| network file system. A | appear |
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| positive AutoFS cache | immediately. |
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| greatly reduces | During this |
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| response time while | window, a network |
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| retrieving the | file system may be |
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| automount data. | granted access, |
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| Whenever a user | when in fact the |
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