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     NAMESPACE(6)                                         NAMESPACE(6)

     NAME
          namespace - name space description file

     DESCRIPTION
          Namespace files describe how to construct a name space from
          scratch, an operation normally performed by the newns sub-
          oroutine (see auth(2)) which is typically called by init(8).
          Each line specifies one name space operation.  Spaces and
          tabs separate arguments to operations; no quotes or escapes
          are recognized.  Blank lines and lines with # the first
          non-space character are ignored.  Environment variables of
          the form $name are expanded within arguments, where name is
          a UTF string terminated by white space, a /, or a $.

          The known operations and their arguments are:

          mount [-abct] [-sserver] servename old [spec ]
               Mount servename on old.

          bind [-abc]  new old
               Bind new on old.

          import [-abct] [-sserver] host [remotepath] mountpoint
               Import remotepath from machine server and attach it to
               mountpoint.

          cd dir
               Change the working directory to dir.

          The options for bind, mount, and import are interpreted as
          in bind(1) and import(4).

     SEE ALSO
          bind(1), namespace(4), init(8)

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