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Subject: Re: [9fans] tip o' the day
Date: Tue,  8 Feb 2005 19:37:30 +0000
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> bind -c /n/unix/some/awfully/long/path/name /n/shorter

this is even better with mntgen, "global-mutable namespace" hack
(or is it a hack?) and the Local plumb trick mentioned earlier:

(in $home/lib/profile):
	mntgen
	srvfs plumbspace /n
	plumber
	rfork n
	mount -b /srv/plumbspace /n

a little shell script, "local" completes the picture:
	#!/bin/rc
	plumb 'Local ' ^ $"*

then i can do:

	local bind -c /n/unix/some/awfully/long/path/name /n/anything

and /n/anything is immediately visible everywhere (including
in cpu'd shells under /mnt/term) and i can plumb files in it
without any further hassle.

the use of mntgen means that i don't have to restrict myself to
previously existing names.

this is great when constantly dealing with namespaces that
come and go (and particularly since i can import namespaces
directly from Inferno, which means it's easy to gateway across
to Windows machines).