Index: trunk/source/pyhesiodfs/pyHesiodFS.py
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--- trunk/source/pyhesiodfs/pyHesiodFS.py (revision 162)
+++ trunk/source/pyhesiodfs/pyHesiodFS.py (revision 163)
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
         self.mounts = defaultdict(dict)
         
-        # Cache deletions for 10 seconds - should give people time to
-        # make a new symlink
-        self.negcache = negcache(10)
+        # Cache deletions for half a second - should give `ln -nsf`
+        # enough time to make a new symlink
+        self.negcache = negcache(0.5)
     
     def _user(self):