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Diffstat (limited to 'man/2/styxconv')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/2/styxconv b/man/2/styxconv index 9180ad96..296c6abb 100644 --- a/man/2/styxconv +++ b/man/2/styxconv @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .TH STYXCONV 2 .SH NAME -styxconv \- convert between old and new Styx +styxconv \- convert between old 1995 Styx and current Styx (9P) .SH SYNOPSIS .EX include "styxconv.m"; @@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ styxconv: fn(client: ref Sys->FD, server: ref Sys->FD); .EE .SH DESCRIPTION .B Styxconv -converts between the previous version of the Styx protocol, +converts between the obsolete 1995 version of the Styx protocol, as used for instance in Inferno's Third Edition and earlier, -and the current version of the protocol, +and the current file service protocol, +previously also called `Styx' but based on 9P2000 and defined by .IR intro (5). .PP @@ -25,10 +26,10 @@ The function .B styxconv takes two file descriptors: .I client -should be a connection to a styx client requiring +should be a connection to a client requiring one version of the protocol; .I server -should be a connection to a styx server serving +should be a connection to a server serving the other version of the protocol. There are two conversion modules: .B PATHNEW2OLD @@ -74,4 +75,4 @@ cvstyx(fd: ref Sys->FD): ref Sys->FD .IR sys-pipe (2), .IR intro (5) .SH BUGS -There is no provision for 9p2000 authentication. +There is no provision for 9P2000 authentication. |