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AFS Version 1

Explore the foundational design and operation of AFS Version 1, focusing on its whole-file caching approach. Learn how client systems fetch and store entire files locally, the role of client memory caching, and the interplay of protocol messages that optimize performance and consistency in distributed file systems.

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TestAuth        Test whether a file has changed
                (used to validate cached entries)
GetFileStat     Get the stat info for a file
Fetch           Fetch the contents of file
Store           Store this file on the server      
SetFileStat     Set the stat info for a file
ListDir         List the contents of a directory

Whole-file caching

One of the basic tenets of all versions of ...