The fs sysname command returns a string identifying what platform a given client is.
For example, Linux machines running the 2.2.x kernels and the Transarc developed client will report "i386_linux22".
When a path in AFS contains the string @sys, the string is replaced with the sysname for the client.
This allows pathnames to binaries to remain consistant across platforms.
/afs/ee.washington.edu/nikola/bin is a simlink pointing to /afs/ee.washington.edu/nikola/.@sys/bin.
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