GRID-NS(1) GRID-NS(1)
NAME
grid: ns - exports a selected namespace and serves it on
standard input
SYNOPSIS
grid/srv/ns [ -r relpath ] path1 path2...path n
grid/runns [ -r relpath ] path1 path2...path n
DESCRIPTION
Ns exports a selected subsection of the local namespace and
serves it on stdin. The path arguments specify which direc-
tories are to be exported. If subdirectories are exported
without their parents, ns attempts to maintain the namespace
structure by creating the parents but populating them only
with the selected subdirectories. For example, exporting
/appl/lib would mean that the exported /appl directory con-
tained nothing apart from the lib subdirectory. If relpath
is specified, all paths will be viewed relative to this
path. For instance, if relpath is /usr/inferno, then
/usr/inferno/bin/dis would be listed as /bin/dis and /tmp
would not be listed at all.
Grid-register(1) may be used in conjunction with ns to reg-
ister it with a registry(4) and to export and serve its
namespace across dial(2) network connections. Incoming con-
nections may also be displayed visually using monitor(1).
For example:
grid/register [ options ... ] { grid/srv/ns paths... } |
grid/srv/monitor 1 'NS resource'
This set of commands is encapsulated within the shell script
runns which will automatically register ns with a
registry(4) if possible and start up the graphical display
to show connections to the resource. There is no need for
the user to execute ns outside of runns unless the namespace
it provides is required to be accessible in a different way
to that provided by grid-register(1).
SOURCE
/appl/grid/srv/ns.b
SEE ALSO
grid-cpu(4), grid-monitor(1), grid-register(1), grid-
session(1)
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