9srv Manual Collection/plan9/execnet(4) 9srv Manual Collection/plan9/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.

9srv Manual Collection/plan9/execnet(4) Rev:  Sun Dec 02 23:42:23 GMT 2007