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NAME
namespace - name space description file
DESCRIPTION
Namespace files describe how to construct a name space from
scratch, or add to an existing name space. The files are
interpreted by the Newns module of newns(2), invoked by com-
mands such as wm(1) and by other system services.
The name space description file contains one or more lines
each of which specifies one name space operation. Empty
lines and lines with # as the first non-space character are
ignored.
The known operations and their arguments are:
bind [-abrci] old new
Use new as an alias for file or directory old. Options
a, b, c, and r translate to flag values Sys->MAFTER,
Sys->MBEFORE, Sys->MCREATE and Sys->MREPL respectively,
of sys-bind(2). Option i means to ignore errors.
cd directory
Change working directory to directory.
fork Split the name space before modification. This is
equivalent to passing a value of Sys->FORKNS to sys-
pctl(2).
mount [-abrci] [-k keyfile] [-
C alg] [net!]machine dir [spec]
Mount the file tree of machine upon directory dir.
Options a, b, c, i, and r are the same as for bind.
The tokens dir and spec translate to old and aname of
mount as described under sys-bind(2). The -k and -C
options are the same as those for the mount command
(see bind(1)).
new Create a new name space in which the current directory
becomes the root directory; typically used after cd.
This is equivalent to passing a value of Sys->NEWNS to
sys-pctl(2).
nodev
Disallow device attaches. This is equivalent to pass-
ing a value of Sys->NODEVS to sys-pctl(2).
unmount [-i] [name] from
If two arguments are given, undo a bind or mount with
the same arguments. If only one argument is given,
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everything bound to or mounted on from is unmounted.
The -i option means ignore errors.
SEE ALSO
nsbuild(1), wm(1), newns(2)
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