[9fans] access p9 sources from linux

[0intro@gmail.com (David du Colombier)]

> 1/ when on plan9 one can do
> 9fs sources
> to get access to p9 sources
> 
> Can one do sth similar on linux (say with p9p installed)?

You don't even need to have plan9port if you don't need authentication.

On Linux, you can use v9fs:

% mount -t 9p 204.178.31.11 /n/sources

You can also use v9fs with the 9mount [1] wrapper from squeek:

% 9mount tcp!sources.cs.bell-labs.com /n/sources

It has the following advantages:

 - you don't need to be root,
 - it resolves names for you,
 - it uses the standard dial string.

It can be found at the following URL:

http://sqweek.net/code/9mount/

If you want authentication, you need to have plan9port :

% srv -a sources.cs.bell-labs.com
% 9mount unix!/tmp/ns.$USER.0/sources.cs.bell-labs.com /n/sources

Of course, factotum needs to be running.

On other systems, you can use 9pfuse or other mechanisms.

> 2/ Related:
> there is a web access to the sources
> http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sources/plan9
> 
> Is there a simple way to get a local copy of some of sources' subtree?
> I tried to write a command using wget, but I couldn't get it right...

If you really want to use HTTP, the easiest way is probably
to grab the Plan 9 CD image:

hget -o plan9.iso.bz2 http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/download/plan9.iso.bz2

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David du Colombier