which provides equivalent functionality to the most commonly used symbolic
links.
+When the dynamic root (B<-dynroot>, B<-dynroot-sparse>) and the fake stat
+(B<-fakestat>, B<-fakestat-all>) modes are in effect, the cache manager
+provides a special directory named F</afs/.:mount> which allows access to
+volumes by volume name or ID. The F</afs/.:mount> directory appears to be
+empty, but any name in the form of I<cell>:I<volume> will be resolved as a
+read-write mount point to the specified volume. This dynamic mount feature is
+recommended only for temporary access to a volume. Linux-based cache managers
+provide this dynamic mount feature even when dynamic root (B<-dynroot>,
+B<-dynroot-sparse>) is not in effect.
+
=item B<-dynroot-sparse>
In addition to operating in the manner described for dynroot above,
point), it will complete the path to the AFS root using the dynamic
mount directory.
-This feature is available whenever the dynamic AFS root is enabled.
+On non-linux cache managers, this feature is available when dynamic
+root and fake stat modes are enabled.
+
On Linux systems, it is also available even when dynroot is not enabled,
to support the NFS translator. It is presently not possible to disable
this feature, though that ability may be added in the future. It would
recommended for temporary access to a volume. For example, if you
have recently restored a volume from a backup, you can use this
syntax to quickly access the volume without mounting it.</para>
+
+ <para>This feature is available with Windows and Linux based cache
+ managers by default. This feature is available with other Unix based
+ cache managers when the dynamic root (-dynroot) and fake stat
+ (-fakestat) modes are enabled.</para>
+
<para>Examples:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>