Thanks Charles. i had looked at /sys/src/9/port/sysfile.c, but couldn't quite connect the dots. On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 7:03 AM, Charles Forsyth wrote: > > On 1 April 2015 at 00:23, Skip Tavakkolian > wrote: > >> trying 9pcon on the same fd (e.g. aux/9pcon /srv/foo) results in >> "inappropriate use of fd". > > > You aren't allowed to read or write an fd directly once it has been used > for 9P traffic by mount (devmnt). >