@cindex Mount selector; netgrp
@cindex Selector; netgrp
-If the current host as determined by the value of @code{$@{host@}}
-(e.g., short host name) is a member of the netgroup @i{ARG}, this
-selector evaluates to true. Otherwise it evaluates to false.
+The argument @i{ARG} of this selector is a netgroup name followed optionally
+by a comma and a host name. If the host name is not specified, it
+defaults to @code{$@{host@}}. If the host name (short name) is a member
+of the netgroup, this selector evaluates to true. Otherwise it evaluates
+to false.
For example, suppose you have a netgroup @samp{ppp-hosts}, and for
reasons of performance, these have a local @file{/home} partition, while
!netgrp(ppp-hosts);type:=nfs;rhost:=serv1;rfs:=/remote/$@{key@}
@end example
+A more complex example that takes advantage of the two argument
+netgrp mount selector is given in the following scenario. Suppose
+one wants to mount the local scratch space from a each host under
+@file{scratch/<hostname>} and some hosts have their scratch space in a
+different path than others. Hosts in the netgroup @samp{apple-hosts}
+have their scratch space in the @file{/apple} path, where hosts
+in the netgroup @samp{cherry-hosts} have their scratch space in the
+@file{/cherry} path. For hosts that are neither in the @samp{apple-hosts}
+or @samp{cherry-hosts} netgroups we want to make a symlink pointing to
+nowhere but provide a descriptive error message in the link destination:
+
+@example
+scratch/* netgrp(apple-hosts,$@{/key@});type:=nfs;rhost:=$@{/key@};\
+ rfs:="/apple" \
+ netgrp(cherry-hosts,$@{/key@});type:=nfs;rhost:=$@{/key@};\
+ rfs:="/cherry" \
+ type:=link;rfs:="no local partition for $@{/key@}"
+@end example
+
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@node netgrpd Selector Function, in_network Selector Function, netgrp Selector Function, Selectors
@comment node-name, next, previous, up
@cindex Mount selector; netgrpd
@cindex Selector; netgrpd
-If the current host as determined by the value of @code{$@{hostd@}} is a
-member of the netgroup @i{ARG}, this selector evaluates to true.
-Otherwise it evaluates to false.
+The argument @i{ARG} of this selector is a netgroup name followed optionally
+by a comma and a host name. If the host name is not specified, it
+defaults to @code{$@{hostd@}}. If the host name (fully-qualified name)
+is a member of the netgroup, this selector evaluates to true. Otherwise
+it evaluates to false.
The @samp{netgrpd} function uses fully-qualified host names
-(@code{$@{hostd@}}) to match netgroup names, while the @samp{netgrp}
-function (@pxref{netgrp Selector Function}) uses short host names
-(@code{$@{host@}}).
+to match netgroup names, while the @samp{netgrp}
+function (@pxref{netgrp Selector Function}) uses short host names.
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@node in_network Selector Function, true Selector Function, netgrpd Selector Function, Selectors