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Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:17:11 -0500
From: Nathaniel W Filardo <nwf@cs.jhu.edu>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] sendfd() on native Plan 9?
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On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:52:51PM +0100, Rodolfo kix Garcia wrote:
> Nathaniel,
>
> I am not 100% sure if my answer will solve your problem, but probably =20
> you can do it using the 9P protocol.
>
> Look http://plan9.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html/5/0intro, 9P is the way =
=20
> to comunicate the kernel with the proccess. Probably sendfd is not =20
> needed in Plan 9.

I think I understand 9P, but do not see why it removes the need for
something like sendfd().  Can you explain further?

--nwf;

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