| .TH 9IMPORT 4 |
| .SH NAME |
| 9import \- import a name space from a remote system |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B 9import |
| [ |
| .I options |
| ] |
| .I system |
| .I file |
| [ |
| .I mountpoint |
| ] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| The |
| .I 9import |
| tool allows an arbitrary |
| .I file |
| on a remote |
| .I system, |
| with the capability of running the Plan 9 |
| .IR exportfs (4) |
| service, |
| to be imported into the local name space. |
| Usually |
| .I file |
| is a directory, so the complete |
| file tree under the directory is made available. |
| .PP |
| A process is started on the |
| remote machine, with authority of the user of |
| .IR 9import , |
| to perform work for the local machine using the |
| .IR exportfs (4) |
| service. |
| The default port used is TCP 17007. |
| If |
| .I mountpoint |
| is omitted, then |
| .I 9import |
| uses the name of the remote |
| .I file |
| as the local mount point. |
| .PP |
| The options are: |
| .TF "-s namexxx" |
| .PD |
| .TP |
| .B -A |
| Skip the authentication protocol. |
| This is useful for connecting to foreign systems like Inferno. |
| .TP |
| .B -k \fIkeypattern |
| Use |
| .I keypattern |
| to select a key to authenticate to the remote side |
| (see |
| .IR auth (2)). |
| .TP |
| .B -p |
| Push the |
| .IR aan (8) |
| filter onto the connection to protect against |
| temporary network outages. |
| .TP |
| .B -s \fIname |
| Post the connection's mountable file descriptor as |
| .BI /srv/ name\fR. |
| .SH SOURCE |
| .B \*9/src/cmd/9import.c |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .IR srv (4), |
| .IR aan (8), |
| .IR listen1 (8), |
| .B cs |
| in |
| .IR ndb (7) |
| .SH BUGS |
| Encryption is not implemented. |
