NAME

	aan – always available network

SYNOPSIS

	aan –c [ –d ] [ –m maxto ] dialstring aan [ –d ] [ –m maxto ] netdir

DESCRIPTION

Aan tunnels traffic between a client and a server through a persistent network connection. If the connection breaks (voluntarily or due to networking problems), the aan client re–establishes the connection by redialing the server. Aan uses a unique protocol to make sure no data is ever lost even when the connection breaks. After a reconnection, aan retransmits all unacknowledged data between client and server. A connection can be broken voluntarily (e.g. by roaming over IP networks), or a connection can break when the IP service is unreliable. In either case, aan re–establishes the client's connection automatically. When the server part has not heard from the client in maxto seconds, the server part of aan exits. The default maxto is one day. The client side (option –c) calls the server by its dialstring, while the server side listens for connections in the already–announced network directory netdir. Aan is usually run automatically through the –p option of import(4).

EXAMPLE

	Assume the server part of aan is encapsulated in exportfs on the machine sob and started through aux/listen as follows: netdir=`{echo $3 | sed 's;/[0–9]+$;!*!0;'} exec exportfs –a –A $netdir Then machine astro6's name space can be imported through aan using this command: import –p astro6 / /mnt/term

FILES

	/sys/log/aan   Log file

SOURCE

	/sys/src/cmd/aan.c

SEE ALSO

	import(4), exportfs(4)

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