NAME¶
ixpc - ixp client
SYNOPSIS¶
ixpc [
-a address]
action file
ixpc -v
DESCRIPTION¶
Overview¶
ixpc is a client to access a 9P file server from the command line or from
shell scripts. It can be used to configure
wmii(1).
Options¶
- -a address
- Lets you specify the address to which ixpc will
establish a connection. If this option is not supplied, and the
environment variable IXP_ADDRESS is set, ixpc will use this value
as its address. Currently, the address can only be a unix socket file or a
tcp socket. The syntax for address is taken (along with many other
profound ideas) from the Plan 9 operating system and has the form
unix!/path/to/socket for unix socket files, and
tcp!hostname!port for tcp sockets.
- -v
- Prints version information to stdout, then exits.
- The syntax of the actions is as follows:
- write
- Writes the supplied data from the standard input to
file, overwriting any previous data. The data to be written is
arbitrary and only gains meaning (and restrictions) when it is interpreted
by wmiiwm(1). See EXAMPLES below.
- xwrite
- The same as write, but the data is taken from subsequent
arguments, rather than the standard input.
- create
- Creates file or directory. If the file exists, nothing is
done.
- ls
- Lists files and directories.
- read
- Reads file or directory contents.
- remove
- Removes file or directory tree.
ENVIRONMENT¶
- IXP_ADDRESS
- See above.
EXAMPLES¶
- ixpc ls /
- This prints the root directory of the wmii filesystem, if
IXP_ADDRESS is set to the address of wmii. For more information about the
contents of this filesystem, see wmiiwm(1).
- ixpc xwrite /ctl quit
- Write 'quit' to the main control file of the wmii
filesystem, effectively leaving wmii.
- ixpc write /keys < keys.txt
- Replace the contents of /keys with the contents of
keys.txt
SEE ALSO¶
wmii(1)
http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/sys/man/5/INDEX.html