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diff --git a/man/8/styxchat b/man/8/styxchat index 11fdb378..29a04dd8 100644 --- a/man/8/styxchat +++ b/man/8/styxchat @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .TH STYXCHAT 8 .SH NAME -styxchat \- exchange Styx messages with a server or client +styxchat \- exchange 9P (Styx) messages with a server or client .SH SYNOPSIS .B styxchat [ @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ styxchat \- exchange Styx messages with a server or client ] .SH DESCRIPTION .I Styxchat -exchanges messages with a Styx service. +exchanges messages with a 9P service. +(9P was previously called `Styx' when used by Inferno, hence the command's name.) See .IR intro (5) for the protocol definition. @@ -27,9 +28,9 @@ It makes a connection to a given if the .B -s option is specified), -then reads a textual representation of Styx T-messages from the standard +then reads a textual representation of 9P T-messages from the standard input and writes them on the connection, with a copy on standard output, -simultaneously reading Styx R-messages from the connection and printing a representation of them +simultaneously reading 9P R-messages from the connection and printing a representation of them on standard output. Each message is represented by one line on the standard output in the form of a literal of either @@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ The option causes .I destination to be interpreted as a network address, as accepted by -.IR sys-dial (2) +.IR dial (2) (or .I listen with @@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ If .I destination is not provided, .B styxchat -reads and writes Styx messages on its standard input, +reads and writes 9P messages on its standard input, using .B /dev/cons where it would usually use its standard input and output. @@ -192,10 +193,10 @@ option, allowing data display to be enabled later. .PP By default, .I styxchat -sends a Styx client's T-messages and prints a server's R-messages. +sends a 9P client's T-messages and prints a server's R-messages. The .B -s -option causes it to present a server's view: it prints the T-messages from Styx clients, and sends R-messages +option causes it to present a server's view: it prints the T-messages from 9P clients, and sends R-messages as it reads a textual representation of them from standard input: .IP .br |