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      1 .TH PLUMB 1
      2 .SH NAME
      3 plumb \- send message to plumber
      4 .SH SYNOPSIS
      5 .B plumb
      6 [
      7 .B -p
      8 .I plumbfile
      9 ] [
     10 .B -a
     11 .I attributes
     12 ] [
     13 .B -s
     14 .I source
     15 ] [
     16 .B -d
     17 .I destination
     18 ] [
     19 .B -t
     20 .I type
     21 ] [
     22 .B -w
     23 .I directory
     24 ]
     25 .B -i
     26 |
     27 .I data...
     28 .SH DESCRIPTION
     29 The
     30 .I plumb
     31 command formats and sends a plumbing message whose data
     32 is, by default, the concatenation of the argument strings separated by blanks.
     33 The options are:
     34 .TP
     35 .B -p
     36 write the message to
     37 .I plumbfile
     38 (default
     39 .BR /mnt/plumb/send ).
     40 .TP
     41 .B -a
     42 set the
     43 .B attr
     44 field of the message (default is empty).
     45 .TP
     46 .B -s
     47 set the
     48 .B src
     49 field of the message (default is
     50 .BR plumb ).
     51 .TP
     52 .B -d
     53 set the
     54 .B dst
     55 field of the message (default is empty).
     56 .TP
     57 .B -t
     58 set the
     59 .B type
     60 field of the message (default is
     61 .BR text ).
     62 .TP
     63 .B -w
     64 set the
     65 .B wdir
     66 field of the message (default is the current working directory of
     67 .IR plumb ).
     68 .TP
     69 .B -i
     70 take the data from standard input rather than the argument strings.
     71 If an
     72 .B action=
     73 attribute is not otherwise specified,
     74 .I plumb
     75 will add an
     76 .B action=showdata
     77 attribute to the message.
     78 .SH FILES
     79 .TF $HOME/lib/plumbing
     80 .TP
     81 .B $HOME/lib/plumbing
     82 default rules file
     83 .SH SOURCE
     84 .B \*9/src/cmd/plumb
     85 .SH "SEE ALSO"
     86 .MR plumb (3) ,
     87 .MR plumber (4) ,
     88 .MR plumb (7)