* [9fans] import-ing files instead of directories @ 2004-01-23 3:18 mirtchov 2004-01-23 4:34 ` David Presotto 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: mirtchov @ 2004-01-23 3:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans according to the import(4) man page the command allows an arbitrary file to be imported from a remote machine (first paragraph of the description section), however: home% touch /tmp/blah2 home% import plan9 /tmp/blah2 import: bad remote tree: chdir(10:"/tmp/blah2"): not a directory home% am I missing an argument somewhere? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] import-ing files instead of directories 2004-01-23 3:18 [9fans] import-ing files instead of directories mirtchov @ 2004-01-23 4:34 ` David Presotto 2004-01-23 5:19 ` mirtchov 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: David Presotto @ 2004-01-23 4:34 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 231 bytes --] The problem is exportfs. It limits what it exports by chdir'ing to the directory being exported and only exporting from there down. Is exporting a single file important to you or would you accept me just changing the man page? [-- Attachment #2: Type: message/rfc822, Size: 1995 bytes --] From: mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: [9fans] import-ing files instead of directories Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:18:24 -0700 Message-ID: <a7e11ca2b00874268263fe38afbfbc7b@plan9.ucalgary.ca> according to the import(4) man page the command allows an arbitrary file to be imported from a remote machine (first paragraph of the description section), however: home% touch /tmp/blah2 home% import plan9 /tmp/blah2 import: bad remote tree: chdir(10:"/tmp/blah2"): not a directory home% am I missing an argument somewhere? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] import-ing files instead of directories 2004-01-23 4:34 ` David Presotto @ 2004-01-23 5:19 ` mirtchov 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: mirtchov @ 2004-01-23 5:19 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > The problem is exportfs. It limits what it exports by chdir'ing to the > directory being exported and only exporting from there down. Is exporting > a single file important to you or would you accept me just changing the > man page? would've been an easy solution to importing parts of remote namespaces without taking in the entire /srv of the machine. changing the man page is the way to go -- after all nobody uses import differently :) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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