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9import.4 (1364B)


      1 .TH 9IMPORT 4
      2 .SH NAME
      3 9import \- import a name space from a remote system
      4 .SH SYNOPSIS
      5 .B 9import
      6 [
      7 .I options
      8 ]
      9 .I system
     10 .I file
     11 [
     12 .I mountpoint
     13 ]
     14 .SH DESCRIPTION
     15 The
     16 .I 9import
     17 tool allows an arbitrary
     18 .I file
     19 on a remote
     20 .I system,
     21 with the capability of running the Plan 9
     22 .MR exportfs (4)
     23 service,
     24 to be imported into the local name space.
     25 Usually
     26 .I file
     27 is a directory, so the complete
     28 file tree under the directory is made available.
     29 .PP
     30 A process is started on the
     31 remote machine, with authority of the user of
     32 .IR 9import ,
     33 to perform work for the local machine using the
     34 .MR exportfs (4)
     35 service.
     36 The default port used is TCP 17007.
     37 If
     38 .I mountpoint
     39 is omitted, then
     40 .I 9import
     41 uses the name of the remote
     42 .I file
     43 as the local mount point.
     44 .PP
     45 The options are:
     46 .TF "-s namexxx"
     47 .PD
     48 .TP
     49 .B -A
     50 Skip the authentication protocol.
     51 This is useful for connecting to foreign systems like Inferno.
     52 .TP
     53 .B -k \fIkeypattern
     54 Use
     55 .I keypattern
     56 to select a key to authenticate to the remote side
     57 (see
     58 .MR auth (2) ).
     59 .TP
     60 .B -p
     61 Push the
     62 .MR aan (8)
     63 filter onto the connection to protect against
     64 temporary network outages.
     65 .TP
     66 .B -s \fIname
     67 Post the connection's mountable file descriptor as
     68 .BI /srv/ name\fR.
     69 .SH SOURCE
     70 .B \*9/src/cmd/9import.c
     71 .SH SEE ALSO
     72 .MR srv (4) ,
     73 .MR aan (8) ,
     74 .MR listen1 (8) ,
     75 .B cs
     76 in
     77 .MR ndb (7)
     78 .SH BUGS
     79 Encryption is not implemented.