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-<tr><td width=20><td><b>PLUMBER(4)</b><td align=right><b>PLUMBER(4)</b>
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- <br>
-<p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br>
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- plumber &ndash; file system for interprocess messaging<br>
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-</table>
-<p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS </b></font><br>
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- <tt><font size=+1>plumber</font></tt> [ <tt><font size=+1>&#8722;p</font></tt> <i>plumbing</i> ]<br>
-
-</table>
-<p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br>
-
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-
- The <i>plumber</i> is a user-level file server that receives, examines,
- rewrites, and dispatches <a href="../man7/plumb.html"><i>plumb</i>(7)</a> messages between programs. Its
- behavior is programmed by a <i>plumbing</i> file (default <tt><font size=+1>$HOME/lib/plumbing</font></tt>)
- in the format of <a href="../man7/plumb.html"><i>plumb</i>(7)</a>.
- <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table>
-
- Its services are posted via <a href="../man4/9pserve.html"><i>9pserve</i>(4)</a> as <tt><font size=+1>plumb</font></tt>. and consist of
- two pre-defined files, <tt><font size=+1>plumb/send</font></tt> and <tt><font size=+1>plumb/rules</font></tt>, and a set of
- output <i>ports</i> for dispatching messages to applications.
- <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table>
-
- Programs use <tt><font size=+1>fswrite</font></tt> (see <a href="../man3/9pclient.html"><i>9pclient</i>(3)</a>) to deliver messages to
- the <tt><font size=+1>send</font></tt> file, and <i>fsread</i> to receive them from the corresponding
- port. For example, <a href="../man1/sam.html"><i>sam</i>(1)</a>&#8217;s <tt><font size=+1>plumb</font></tt> menu item or the <tt><font size=+1>B</font></tt> command cause
- a message to be sent to <tt><font size=+1>plumb/send</font></tt>; <tt><font size=+1>sam</font></tt> in turn reads from, by
- convention, <tt><font size=+1>plumb/edit</font></tt> to receive
- messages about files to open.
- <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table>
-
- A copy of each message is sent to each client that has the corresponding
- port open. If none has it open, and the rule has a <tt><font size=+1>plumb client</font></tt>
- or <tt><font size=+1>plumb start</font></tt> rule, that rule is applied. A <tt><font size=+1>plumb client</font></tt> rule
- causes the specified command to be run and the message to be held
- for delivery when the port is opened. A
- <tt><font size=+1>plumb start</font></tt> rule runs the command but discards the message. If
- neither <tt><font size=+1>start</font></tt> or <tt><font size=+1>client</font></tt> is specified and the port is not open,
- the message is discarded and a write error is returned to the
- sender.
- <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table>
-
- The set of output ports is determined dynamically by the specification
- in the plumbing rules file: a port is created for each unique
- destination of a <tt><font size=+1>plumb to</font></tt> rule.
- <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table>
-
- The set of rules currently active may be examined by reading the
- file <tt><font size=+1>plumb/rules</font></tt>; appending to this file adds new rules to the
- set, while creating it (opening it with <tt><font size=+1>OTRUNC</font></tt>) clears the rule
- set. Thus the rule set may be edited dynamically with a traditional
- text editor. However, ports are never deleted dynamically;
- if a new set of rules does not include a port that was defined
- in earlier rules, that port will still exist (although no new
- messages will be delivered there).<br>
-
-</table>
-<p><font size=+1><b>FILES </b></font><br>
-
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- <tt><font size=+1>$HOME/lib/plumbing</font></tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;default rules file<br>
- <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/plumb<br>
- </font></tt>
- <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td>
-
-
- <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td>
-
- directory to search for files in <tt><font size=+1>include</font></tt> statements<br>
-
- </table>
-
- </table>
- <tt><font size=+1>plumb</font></tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mount name for <a href="../man4/plumber.html"><i>plumber</i>(4)</a>.<br>
-
-</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/cmd/plumb<br>
- </font></tt>
-</table>
-<p><font size=+1><b>SEE ALSO </b></font><br>
-
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- <a href="../man1/plumb.html"><i>plumb</i>(1)</a>, <a href="../man3/plumb.html"><i>plumb</i>(3)</a>, <a href="../man7/plumb.html"><i>plumb</i>(7)</a><br>
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