try

./read time

a better choice is "cl" client, which lets you navigate the namespace
the file server is serving. the -d flag lets you see what is being
passed around.

$ ../../srv/examples/timefs &
[1] 3681
$ ./read time
Sun Sep 4 22:32:00 PDT 2011$
$ ./cl
9p> ls
time
inftime
9p> cat time
Sun Sep 4 22:32:12 PDT 20119p>
9p> exiting...
$

here's how the plan9port's 9p utility can be used:

% 9p -a tcp!localhost!5640 ls
inftime
time
% 9p -a tcp!localhost!5640 read time
Sun Sep 4 22:32:34 PDT 2011%

-Skip

Woah.

Thanks.

- Leonard