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EXECNET(4)                 Kernel Interfaces Manual                 EXECNET(4)



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)

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



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