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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ In Plan 9, the kernel mount device
\fImnt\fR(3)
acts as a client to the 9P servers mounted in the current name space,
translating system calls such as
-.IM open (2)
+.MR open (2)
into 9P transactions such as
.IR open (9p).
The kernel also multiplexes the potentially many processes onto a single 9P conversation
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ On Unix, 9P clients do not access servers via the traditional
file system call interface. Only the Unix name space can be accessed
that way.
Instead, 9P clients use the
-.IM 9pclient (3)
+.MR 9pclient (3)
library to connect and interact directly with particular 9P servers.
The
-.IM 9p (1)
+.MR 9p (1)
command-line client is useful for interactive use and in shell scripts.
.PP
To preserve the façade of a single 9P conversation with each server,
9P servers invoke
-.IM 9pserve (4) ,
+.MR 9pserve (4) ,
typically via
-.IM post9pservice (3) .
+.MR post9pservice (3) .
.I 9pserve
announces a 9P service at a particular
network address and multiplexes the clients that connect to
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Setting the
.B $NAMESPACE
environment variable overrides this default.
The
-.IM namespace (1)
+.MR namespace (1)
command prints the current name space directory.
.PP
Occasionally it is useful to be able to connect the input or output
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ implementation of
(see also
.I fsopenfd
in
-.IM 9pclient (3) )
+.MR 9pclient (3) )
returns the read or write end of a pipe;
a helper process transfers data between the other end of the pipe
and the 9P server.