dfind: add selection by Lustre OST or MDT
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Description
Add support to dfind to find files or directories residing on a specific OST or MDT. See options available in "lfs find" to make them consistent where possible.
One use case is to support migrations off a target by generating a list to be fed to "lfs migrate".
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the dfind implementation and compare its existing selection options with those documented for "lfs find". Add selection by a Lustre OST or MDT, keeping the behavior consistent where possible, and verify that the output can generate a list for "lfs migrate".
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100