NAME

namespace − name space description file

DESCRIPTION

Namespace files describe how to construct a name space from scratch, an operation normally performed by the ­newns or ­addns subroutines (see auth(2)) which is typically called by init(8). Each line specifies one name space operation. Spaces and tabs separate arguments to operations; no quotes or escapes are recognized. Blank lines and lines with ­# as the first non-space character are ignored.  Environment variables of the form $name are expanded within arguments, where ­name is a UTF string terminated by white space, a /, or a $. 

The known operations and their arguments are:

mount [-abcC] servename old [spec]
Mount ­servename on old.

bind [-abcC]  new old
Bind ­new on old.

import [-abc] host [remotepath]
Import ­remotepath from machine ­server and attach it to mountpoint.

cd dir
Change the working directory to dir.

unmount [new] old
Unmount ­new from old, or everything mounted on ­old if ­new is missing. 

clear
Clear the name space with rfork(RFCNAMEG). 

. path
Execute the namespace file path. Note that ­path must be present in the name space being built. 

The options for bind, mount, and ­import are interpreted as in bind(1) and import(4).

SEE ALSO

bind(1), namespace(4), init(8)

Plan 9  —  March 25, 2003