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Symbolic Link Filesystem (`link')
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   Each filesystem type creates a symbolic link to point from the volume
name to the physical mount point.  The `link' filesystem does the same
without any other side effects.  This allows any part of the machines
name space to be accessed via Amd.

   One common use for the symlink filesystem is `/homes' which can be
made to contain an entry for each user which points to their
(auto-mounted) home directory.  Although this may seem rather expensive,
it provides a great deal of administrative flexibility.

The following option must be defined:

`fs'
     The value of FS option specifies the destination of the link, as
     modified by the SUBLINK option.  If SUBLINK is non-null, it is
     appended to `${fs}'`/' and the resulting string is used as the
     target.

   The `link' filesystem can be thought of as identical to the `ufs'
filesystem but without actually mounting anything.

   An example entry might be:

     jsp   host==charm;type:=link;fs:=/home/charm;sublink:=jsp
   which would return a symbolic link pointing to `/home/charm/jsp'.