IMPORT(4) IMPORT(4)
NAME
import - import 9P resources from another system
SYNOPSIS
import [ -dfx ] [ -n ns ] [ -p prog ] [ -s service ] system
DESCRIPTION
Import presents the 9P service service (default plumb) run-
ning on system as a service on the local system, in the cur-
rent name space.
The -n option sets the remote name space directory where
import should expect to find service. If it is not speci-
fied, import uses name of the local system's name space
directory. (Since name space directories are conventionally
inside /tmp, the path have different meanings on the two
systems.)
Import connects to system using ssh(1). It invokes import on
the remote system to carry out the remote side of the proto-
col. The -p option specifies the path to import on the
remote system, in case it is not in the system search path.
The -d option turns on debugging. The -f option keeps
import from forking itself into the background, also useful
for debugging.
The -x option reverses the roles of the two machines,
exporting the service to, instead of importing it from, the
remote system.
EXAMPLE
Suppose you run sam -r to the CPU server anna. Sam wants to
talk to a plumber on the local terminal, but the file names
will refer to files on anna.
To fix this problem, create a new name space directory and
start a new plumber on anna:
remotens=/tmp/ns.`whoami`.on.`hostname`
ssh anna mkdir $remotens
ssh anna NAMESPACE=$remotens plumber
Now import that plumber to the local name space before
starting sam and 9term:
NAMESPACE=/tmp/ns.anna
mkdir $NAMESPACE
import -n $remotens -s plumb anna
sam &
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9term ssh anna &
SOURCE
/usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/import.c
SEE ALSO
9pserve(4), intro(4)
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