Re: [9fans] 9vx os x

["Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>]

> Does anyone else get errors about missing files when pulling? Many
> other files are copied successfully before this:
>
> error: copying /n/boot/sys/src/games/mp3dec/COPYING:
> '/n/boot/sys/src/games' does not exist
>
> error: copying /n/boot/sys/src/games/mp3dec/COPYRIGHT:
> '/n/boot/sys/src/games' does not exist
>
> error: copying /n/boot/sys/src/games/mp3dec/D.dat:
> '/n/boot/sys/src/games' does not exist
>
> error: copying /n/boot/sys/src/games/mp3dec/README:
> '/n/boot/sys/src/games' does not exist
>
> ...
>
> Also, which man page(s) would I read to know how to work with special
> files like #Z? I am unsure of what to do when I get errors like this:
>
> term% src echo
> src: can't find source for /bin/echo - unrecognized type special file #Z/echo

There are just a few programs that assume the only "normal" files
come from the mount device (#M).  I have patched my local
version of file(1) to allow #Z along with #M.  That seems to fix
most of them.

Russ