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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .TH STYX 2 .SH NAME -Styx: Rmsg, Tmsg, dir2text, istmsg, packdir, packdirsize, readmsg, qid2text, unpackdir \- interface to Styx file protocol +Styx: Rmsg, Tmsg, dir2text, istmsg, packdir, packdirsize, readmsg, qid2text, unpackdir \- interface to 9P (Styx) file protocol .SH SYNOPSIS .EX include "styx.m"; @@ -118,13 +118,14 @@ MAXRPC: con \fIimplementation-defined\f5; .EE .SH DESCRIPTION .B Styx -provides a Limbo interface to send and receive messages of the Styx file service protocol, -described by Section 5 of this manual (a thorough reading of which -is advised before using this module). +provides a Limbo interface to send and receive messages of the 9P file service protocol, +described by Section 5 of this manual, a thorough reading of which +is advised before using this module. +(The protocol was previously called `Styx' in Inferno, hence the module's name.) .B Init must be called before using any other function in the module. .PP -A Styx client transmits requests to a server as `T-messages' +A 9P client transmits requests to a server as `T-messages' and receives replies in matching `R-messages'. A T-message is here represented by values of the type .BR Tmsg , @@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ Return a printable string showing the contents of for tracing or debugging. .TP .IB t .mtype() -Return the Styx message type of the message. +Return the 9P message type of the message. .PP An R-message is represented by .BR Rmsg . |