NAMESPACE(6)NAMESPACE(6)NAMEnamespace - name space description file
DESCRIPTION
Namespace files describe how to construct a name space from scratch, or
add to an existing name space. The files are interpreted by newns(2),
invoked by commands such as logon(1) and by other system services.
The name space description file contains one or more lines each of
which specifies one name space operation. Empty 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 string
terminated by white space, or one of the characters or
The known operations and their arguments are:
bind [-abci] old new
Use new as an alias for file or directory old. Options a, b and
c translate to flag values Sys->MAFTER, Sys->MBEFORE and
Sys->MCREATE of sys-bind(2). If neither a nor b are given, the
default is Sys->MREPL. Option i means to ignore errors.
cd directory
Change working directory to directory.
fork Split the name space before modification. This is equivalent to
passing a value of Sys->FORKNS to sys-pctl(2).
mount [-abc9i] [-k keyfile] [-C alg] [net!]machine[!svc] dir [spec]
Mount the file tree of machine upon directory dir. The default
service is styx. Options a, b, c and i are the same as for
bind. The tokens dir and spec translate to old and aname of
mount as described under sys-bind(2). The -k, -C and -9 options
are the same as those for the mount command (see bind(1)).
import [-abc9i] [net!]machine[!svc] [remotedir] dir
Import a directory from a remote Plan 9 machine and make it
appear on directory dir. Options a, b, c and i are the same as
for mount. By default, remotedir is assumed to be the same name
as dir. The default service is exportfs. (Currently this oper‐
ation works only under native Inferno and Plan 9.)
new Create a new name space in which the current directory becomes
the root directory; typically used after cd. This is equivalent
to passing a value of Sys->NEWNS to sys-pctl(2).
nodev Disallow device attaches. This is equivalent to passing a value
of Sys->NODEVS to sys-pctl(2).
unmount [-i] [name] from
If two arguments are given, undo a bind or mount with the same
arguments. If only one argument is given, everything bound to
or mounted on from is unmounted. The -i option means ignore
errors.
. path Include the name space description file path.
SEE ALSOnsbuild(1), wm(1), newns(2)NAMESPACE(6)
