Plan 9 /sys/man/8/stub

NAME

stub – provide mount point stubs

SYNOPSIS

aux/stub [ –Dd ] path/name

DESCRIPTION

Aux/stub union mounts itself before path in the name space. It serves a file system containing a single entry, name, with file mode 0. The intent is to provide a place to bind or mount other resources. The options are:
–D print all 9P messages
–d make name a directory; by default it is a file

EXAMPLE

Use stub and sshnet (see ssh(1)) to create a new network protocol ``mit'' that is actually TCP tunneled via SSH to a machine at MIT:

% sshnet –m /net.alt amsterdam.lcs.mit.edu % aux/stub –d /net/mit % bind /net.alt/tcp /net/mit % con –l mit!plan9.bell–labs.com!whoami connected to mit!plan9.bell–labs.com!whoami on /net/mit/0 i am 135.104.24.16 sysname achille you are 18.26.4.9 port 1248 %

SOURCE

/sys/src/cmd/aux/stub.c


	Aux/stub union mounts itself before path in the name space. It serves a file system containing a single entry, name, with file mode 0. The intent is to provide a place to bind or mount other resources. The options are: –`D` print all 9P messages –`d` make name a directory; by default it is a file