.TH diodcat 8 "2015-03-31" "diod-1.0.24" "diod" .SH NAME diodcat \- cat files by attaching directly to diod server .SH SYNOPSIS \fBdiodcat\fR \fI[OPTIONS] [-s NAME] [-a aname] [file [file...]]\fR .SH DESCRIPTION .B diodcat connects to a \fBdiod\fR server, attaches to the mount point \fIaname\fR, and concatenates the contents of the specified files on stdout. .SH OPTIONS .TP .I "-a, --aname NAME" The file system name on the server (default "ctl"). Note that the "ctl" synthetic file system must be explicitly exported. .TP .I "-s, --server NAME" The server in IP[:PORT], HOST[:PORT], or /path/to/socket form (default localhost:564). .TP .I "-m, --msize SIZE" The maximum request size including 9P headers (default 65536). .TP .I "-u, --uid UID" Try to attach to the server as the specified user (default your effective uid). .TP .I "-t, --timeout SECS" Force timeout after specified number of seconds (default no timeout). .TP .I "-p, --privport" Connect from a socket bound to a port in the range of 512-1023, available to root only. This can be used in conjunction with the \fIprivport\fR export option. .SH "SEE ALSO" diod (8)