Plan 9 /sys/man/4/execnet

NAME

execnet – network interface to program execution

SYNOPSIS

execnet [ –n name ] [ netdir ]

DESCRIPTION

Execnet presents a network protocol directory (see, for example, ip(3)) called netdir/name (default /net/exec).
Once the protocol directory exists, dialing (see dial(2)) strings of the form name!cmd will connect to a newly executed instance of cmd.

EXAMPLE

Execnet can be used to connect to instances of u9fs(4) running on other hosts:

g% execnet g% srv –m 'exec!ssh ny start–u9fs' ny /n/ny
This example assumes that the remote command start–u9fs executed on ny will start u9fs appropriately. For example, it might be:

ny% cat start–u9fs #!/bin/sh u9fs –na none –u $USER –l $HOME/tmp/u9fs.log ny%
See the u9fs(4) man page for more information.

SOURCE

/sys/src/cmd/execnet

SEE ALSO

dial(2), ip(3), u9fs(4)


	Execnet presents a network protocol directory (see, for example, ip(3)) called netdir`/`name (default `/net/exec`). Once the protocol directory exists, dialing (see dial(2)) strings of the form name`!`cmd will connect to a newly executed instance of cmd.


	Almost certainly: execnet has only been tested as in the example shown.