autodfs

NAME

autodfs - Windows command-line utility to read automount maps and create Distributed File System (DFS) links

SYNOPSIS

autodfs -r DfsRoot [-p DfsPath] -v AutomountFile

DESCRIPTION

The autodfs Windows command-line utility uses information in UNIX files called automount maps to create DFS links. The file must follow the format shown below. You must also use the Windows DFS administrative tools to create the DFS root before you run autodfs.

The autodfs command accepts the following arguments and options:

-r DfsRoot

Specifies the name of the DFS root to which you want to add DFS links.

-p DfsPath

Specifies a node of the DFS root under which links to automount entries are created. If DfsPath is not specified, automount links are created under the DFS root.

-v

Turns on verbose output to display status messages.

AutoMountFile

The path to the automount file.

Automount file format

The lines in the automount file must follow this format:

MountPoint flags ServerPathToShare

MountPoint

The name of the file or volume to which you want to create a link.

flags

If flags are included in the file, they must be preceded by a minus sign (-). The autodfs command ignores all flags.

ServerPathToShare

The path to the network file system (NFS) share.