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authorforsyth <forsyth@vitanuova.com>2010-02-05 11:01:55 +0000
committerforsyth <forsyth@vitanuova.com>2010-02-05 11:01:55 +0000
commitaaab9bcca9a6fd14bd8496059b80b984906db6bc (patch)
treee17885b21ac218b0ae9eb3ff3fdcc91e6d9bd1a6 /man/1
parentcfa39d5adff9be3c5f695c2c28cffb5f93dd4598 (diff)
20100205-1101
Diffstat (limited to 'man/1')
-rw-r--r--man/1/bind11
-rw-r--r--man/1/cpu2
-rw-r--r--man/1/grid-register12
-rw-r--r--man/1/grid-session8
-rw-r--r--man/1/listen10
-rw-r--r--man/1/ls2
-rw-r--r--man/1/ns3
-rw-r--r--man/1/secstore2
-rw-r--r--man/1/sh-file2chan4
-rw-r--r--man/1/telnet2
10 files changed, 30 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/man/1/bind b/man/1/bind
index 2b4c470c..4ef46a55 100644
--- a/man/1/bind
+++ b/man/1/bind
@@ -89,13 +89,14 @@ it is assumed to be a network address for a machine acting
as a file server.
This argument should then conform to the conventions
described in
-.IR sys-dial (2).
+.IR dial (2).
Otherwise
.I source
should be the name of a file that when opened gives a connection
-to a file server, something serving the Styx protocol
+to a file server, something serving the 9P protocol
described in
-.IR intro (5).
+.IR intro (5),
+formerly called `Styx'.
The optional
.I spec
argument to
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ Note the caveats on that page.
For
.I mount
only,
-the file server serves the original version of the Styx protocol, and
+the file server serves the 1995 version of Inferno's Styx protocol, and
.I mount
inserts a process that translates to the current version.
.SH SOURCE
@@ -273,10 +274,10 @@ inserts a process that translates to the current version.
.B /appl/cmd/unmount.b
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR sh (1),
+.IR dial (2),
.IR keyring-auth (2),
.IR security-auth (2),
.IR sys-intro (2),
.IR sys-bind (2),
-.IR sys-dial (2),
.IR intro (3),
.IR getauthinfo (8)
diff --git a/man/1/cpu b/man/1/cpu
index 3f6f0226..fe13c09c 100644
--- a/man/1/cpu
+++ b/man/1/cpu
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ is not used after authentication.
.SH SOURCE
.B /appl/cmd/cpu.b
.SH SEE ALSO
-.IR sys-dial (2),
+.IR dial (2),
.IR keyring-auth (2),
.IR security-auth (2)
.SH BUGS
diff --git a/man/1/grid-register b/man/1/grid-register
index 8eeca460..947875d7 100644
--- a/man/1/grid-register
+++ b/man/1/grid-register
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ grid: register \- registers a resource with a known
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Register
-takes a program which serves a Styx (see
-.IR intro (5))
-namespace on
-.I stdin
-and registers it with a known
-.IR registry (4).
+takes a program that serves a namespace using the 9P protocol on its standard input
+and registers it with a known
+.IR registery (4).
+(See
+.IR intro (5)
+for a description of the protocol.)
It then marshals the service by listening for incoming connections and exporting the namespace across them.
.I Register
prints out various status messages to
diff --git a/man/1/grid-session b/man/1/grid-session
index 472809d3..19ca4c4f 100644
--- a/man/1/grid-session
+++ b/man/1/grid-session
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ Once started,
.IR session
presents a heirarchical view of currently registered resources (such as
.IR grid-ns (1))
-which export a Styx (see
-.IR intro (5))
-namespace. The top level displays the type of resource e.g.
+that serve name spaces using 9P.
+(See
+.IR intro (5)
+for a description of the protocol.)
+The top level displays the type of resource, for instance
.BR 'CPU resource' ,
whilst the second level shows the name of each individual resource. Descending futher down the tree will reveal the attributes of the selected resource. To mount a resource and see the namespace it exports, click mouse button 3 on the resource name. The view will switch to a split pane view displaying the resource namespace with directories listed on the left and all files in the current directory displayed on the right.
.PP
diff --git a/man/1/listen b/man/1/listen
index 4234ad49..42dc1bac 100644
--- a/man/1/listen
+++ b/man/1/listen
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ waits for an incoming network connection on
(as accepted by
.B announce
in
-.IR sys-dial (2))
+.IR dial (2))
and then invokes
.IR sh (1)
to run the associated
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ with the shell variable
.B net
set to the name of the corresponding network directory
(see
-.IR sys-dial (2)),
+.IR dial (2)),
before listening for incoming calls.
This can be used to change, or find out the characteristics
of an announced port (for instance to find out
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ attach message seen by the command that
has been started by
.IR styxlisten .
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.IR svc (8),
-.IR sys-dial (2),
+.IR dial (2),
+.IR ssl (3),
.IR auth (6),
-.IR ssl (3)
+.IR svc (8)
diff --git a/man/1/ls b/man/1/ls
index 1a7d548a..2b6cc4d1 100644
--- a/man/1/ls
+++ b/man/1/ls
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ to the file's owner, members of the file's group and anybody else
respectively.
.IP 2.
The device type (this is the `#' device letter for local devices
-or `M' for files mounted over a Styx connection).
+or `M' for files mounted over a 9P connection).
.IP 3.
The device instance number (this distinguishes between
separately mounted instances of the same device).
diff --git a/man/1/ns b/man/1/ns
index e4a19d31..5095b0cb 100644
--- a/man/1/ns
+++ b/man/1/ns
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ mount or bind, the original name of the file is shown.
.PP
Mounts of file services on a network show the network address as
given to
-.IR sys-dial (2)
+.IR dial (2)
instead of the name of the data file for the connection; the
.B -r
option causes
@@ -40,4 +40,3 @@ to show the raw file name instead.
.IR prog (3),
.IR namespace (4),
.IR namespace (6)
-
diff --git a/man/1/secstore b/man/1/secstore
index bab02a1e..c59a711c 100644
--- a/man/1/secstore
+++ b/man/1/secstore
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ as the extra authentication code if the server demands it.
Connect to the server at the given network
.IR address ,
as defined by
-.IR sys-dial (2),
+.IR dial (2),
and translated by
.IR cs (8).
The default is
diff --git a/man/1/sh-file2chan b/man/1/sh-file2chan
index d9a57304..27115a8e 100644
--- a/man/1/sh-file2chan
+++ b/man/1/sh-file2chan
@@ -235,7 +235,9 @@ memory-based file called
.EE
It is, however, very limited, as binary data stored in the file
will be corrupted, and the size of the file is limited to the amount
-of data that can be transmitted in a single Styx message (8192 bytes).
+of data that can be transmitted in a single write
+(see
+.IR sys-read (2)).
.PP
The following code implements a single-threaded logfile
which can support multiple concurrent writers:
diff --git a/man/1/telnet b/man/1/telnet
index 10cdfe22..b840b070 100644
--- a/man/1/telnet
+++ b/man/1/telnet
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ telnet \- make a remote telnet connection
uses the Telnet protocol to talk to a remote
.IR machine ,
addressed using any form acceptable to
-.IR sys-dial (2):
+.IR dial (2):
.IB net ! host ! port
in general.
The default