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diff --git a/man/man3/get9root.html b/man/man3/get9root.html deleted file mode 100644 index 6ca02c02..00000000 --- a/man/man3/get9root.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,109 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>get9root(3) - Plan 9 from User Space</title> -<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type> -</head> -<body bgcolor=#ffffff> -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> -<tr height=10><td> -<tr><td width=20><td> -<tr><td width=20><td><b>GET9ROOT(3)</b><td align=right><b>GET9ROOT(3)</b> -<tr><td width=20><td colspan=2> - <br> -<p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - get9root, unsharp – get path to root of Plan 9 tree<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>#include <u.h><br> - #include <libc.h> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - </font></tt> - <tt><font size=+1>char* get9root(void) - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - </font></tt> - <tt><font size=+1>char* unsharp(char *path)<br> - </font></tt> -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - This tree of Plan 9 software is conventionally installed in <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9</font></tt> - but may be installed in other places (for example, users without - the ability to write to <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local</font></tt> may with to install it in their - own home directories). The environment variable <tt><font size=+1>$PLAN9</font></tt> should - contain the path to the root. <i>Get9root - </i>returns a static pointer to the pathname of root, first checking - <tt><font size=+1>$PLAN9</font></tt> and defaulting to <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9</font></tt>. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - The lack of a fixed location for the Plan 9 tree makes it difficult - to hard-code paths to files. <i>Unsharp</i> replaces a leading <tt><font size=+1>#9</font></tt> in - <i>path</i> with the root of the tree. <i>Unsharp</i> also replaces a leading - <tt><font size=+1>#d</font></tt> with the path to the underlying system’s file descriptor dup - device, typically <tt><font size=+1>/dev/fd</font></tt>. The string returned from <i>unsharp</i>, if - different from <i>path</i>, should be freed with <i>free</i> (see <a href="../man3/malloc.html"><i>malloc</i>(3)</a>) - when no longer needed. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - As a convention, programs should never <i>unsharp</i> paths obtained - from user input.<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>EXAMPLE </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - The <a href="../man4/plumber.html"><i>plumber</i>(4)</a> uses this code to find unrooted file names included - by plumb rules.<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>snprint(buf, sizeof buf, "#9/plumb/%s", name);<br> - fd = open(unsharp(buf), OREAD);<br> - </font></tt> - </table> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>SOURCE </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/src/lib9/getns.c<br> - </font></tt> -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>SEE ALSO </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <a href="../man4/intro.html"><i>intro</i>(4)</a><br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>BUGS </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <i>Get9root</i> could be smarter about finding the tree when <tt><font size=+1>$PLAN9</font></tt> is - not set.<br> - -</table> - -<td width=20> -<tr height=20><td> -</table> -<!-- TRAILER --> -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> -<tr height=15><td width=10><td><td width=10> -<tr><td><td> -<center> -<a href="../../"><img src="../../dist/spaceglenda100.png" alt="Space Glenda" border=1></a> -</center> -</table> -<!-- TRAILER --> -</body></html> |