+/*
+ * Provides a convenient wrapper for determing nfs availability
+ */
+static boolean_t
+nfs_available(void)
+{
+ if (nfs_exportfs_temp_fd == -1)
+ (void) nfs_check_exportfs();
+
+ return (nfs_exportfs_temp_fd != -1) ? B_TRUE : B_FALSE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Initializes the NFS functionality of libshare.
+ */