X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=nfs-utils.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=utils%2Fexportfs%2Fexportfs.c;h=6f2a60d7d4bddd20f321df402f281d6d8a68985a;hp=51965645203c77c886d01f4a7348eff362438ccf;hb=e09fbc8933961a0a774217ef32d73da373ddc670;hpb=317522198e1493fe0f1b10614ff2f3a582a9aaff

diff --git a/utils/exportfs/exportfs.c b/utils/exportfs/exportfs.c
index 5196564..6f2a60d 100644
--- a/utils/exportfs/exportfs.c
+++ b/utils/exportfs/exportfs.c
@@ -91,16 +91,22 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		fprintf(stderr, "exportfs: -r and -u are incompatible.\n");
 		return 1;
 	}
-	if (optind == argc && ! f_all)
+	new_cache = check_new_cache();
+	if (optind == argc && ! f_all) {
 		if (force_flush) {
-			cache_flush(1);
+			if (new_cache)
+				cache_flush(1);
+			else {
+				fprintf(stderr, "exportfs: -f: only available with new cache controls: mount /proc/fs/nfsd first\n");
+				exit(1);
+			}
+			return 0;
 		} else {
 			xtab_export_read();
 			dump(f_verbose);
 			return 0;
 		}
-
-	new_cache = check_new_cache();
+	}
 
 	if (f_export && ! f_ignore)
 		export_read(_PATH_EXPORTS);