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[mprovost]

Sure, running it through rpcgen generates bindings for both RPCs, NULL and COMPOUND:

    /// /*
    ///  * Remote file service routines
    ///  */
    /// program NFS4_PROGRAM {
    ///         version NFS_V4 {
    ///                 void
    ///                         NFSPROC4_NULL(void) = 0;
    ///
    ///                 COMPOUND4res
    ///                         NFSPROC4_COMPOUND(COMPOUND4args) = 1;
    ///
    ///         } = 4;
    /// } = 100003;

[EdSchouten → mprovost]

Which is also what you want, right? The issue is that with compound calls there is some state that’s carried over between operations (current/saved file handle), so you’d need to implement that yourself anyway.

[mprovost → EdSchouten]

Well yeah that's the difference, it doesn't generate the state machine for you so you "just" need to implement it yourself. For v3, rpcgen spits out a working function that you link into your program and you're done (on the client side anyway). Much easier.