You can create a client-specific variable by prefixing a dollar sign ($) to its name. The variable helps you to accommodate different architecture types that are accessing the same file system location. You can also use curly braces to delimit the name of the variable from appended letters or digits. The following table shows the predefined map variables.
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You can use variables anywhere in an entry line except as a key. For instance, suppose that you have a file server that exports binaries for SPARC and x86 architectures from /usr/local/bin/sparc and /usr/local/bin/x86 respectively. The clients can mount through a map entry such as the following:
/usr/local/bin -ro server:/usr/local/bin/$CPU
The same entry for all clients now applies to all architectures.