NAME

stub − provide mount point stubs

SYNOPSIS

­aux/stub [ ­-Dd ] ­path/name

DESCRIPTION

­Aux/stub union mounts itself before ­path in the name space.  It serves a file system containing a single entry, name, with file mode 0. The intent is to provide a place to bind or mount other resources. The options are:

­-D print all 9P messages

­-d make ­name a directory; by default it is a file

EXAMPLE

Use ­stub and ­sshnet (see ssh(1)) to create a new network protocol “mit” that is actually TCP tunneled via SSH to a machine at MIT:

% sshnet -m /net.alt amsterdam.lcs.mit.edu
% aux/stub -d /net/mit
% bind /net.alt/tcp /net/mit
% con -l mit!plan9.bell-labs.com!whoami
connected to mit!plan9.bell-labs.com!whoami on /net/mit/0
i am 204.178.31.2 sysname achille you are 18.26.4.9 port 1248
%

SOURCE

­/sys/src/cmd/aux/stub.c

SEE ALSO

mntgen(4)

Plan 9  —  February 09, 2003